[Rhodes22-list] Outboards

[Ronald Lipton]

If we argue about it is it debated breath?  Anyway I will keep you 
posted.  The dealer
told me that he had seen a couple of engines that also used oil during 
the break-in
but were "just fine" after the second tank of gas.  I take that with a 
large grain of
salt.  I am sure that the oil use is not normal behavior but I don't 
want to pull the engine
off at the mooring, take it back to the dealer, wait for repair, and 
then go directly to
winter storage. As environmentally unsound as it is I will probably 
feed it oil for the few trips
left in the season and take it back in October.

Ron


On Sep 22, 2004, at 5:34 PM, Bill Effros wrote:

> That's "abated breath" I hit the send key when aiming for the save key.
>
> Keep us posted on the Nissan.  I don't know if anyone else has a 
> Nissan 4-stroke.  I was considering them, also.  Is it quiet?
>
> Roger, not to go round on this again, but my consistent point has been 
> that Ron with his supposedly environmentally sound engine has just 
> dumped more oil into the environment in 2 hours than I have dumped 
> into the environment with my 2 stroke in 2 years.  The dealer reports 
> this was not an isolated case.  Many people on the list with 4-strokes 
> are dumping oil into their gas tanks to ensure proper lubrication of 
> their engines.
>
> As everyone knows, I can go off on a right-wing screed on this issue, 
> but I am trying to restrain myself.
>
> I know everyone is trying to do the right thing.  Sometimes that 
> impulse leads to bad policy, bad laws, and bad decisions.  What does 
> Ron do now?  They're not going to give him a new engine.  And maybe a 
> new one would be just as bad as the one he's got.
>
> What do I do now?  I was thinking of getting a 4-stroke, too, but I 
> wanted to see what happened with Ron.
>
> I WAS waiting with 'bated breath.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Effros
> To: Ronald Lipton ; The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboards
>
>
> I believe it's a contraction for "abated breth" 'bated breath.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ronald Lipton
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Outboards
>
>
>
> For those of you waiting with baited beath (does this means worms
> hanging out of your mouth?).  I ended up buying the Nissan 6 four
> cycle.   I could not find a reasonably priced used 2 cycle long shaft.
> The Monroe Harbormaster was very accomodating ferrying me out
> to the boat and helping me remove the old engine and install the new
> one.
>
> The story does not yet have a happy ending ... the new Nissan
> is burning oil, having emptied it's resovoir after about 2 hours of
> running and with a thick cloud of smoke on startup.  I was told by
> the dealer that some of the engines "do that" until they are broken
> in - but I am sceptical.  Hopefully I can keep it running well
> enough to allow me to finish the season before it is serviced, but
> I still have the outboard blues.
>
> for Stan:
>
> Go IU, beat Purdue. ( It might happen someday)
>
> Ron
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