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    Bukh DV10 diesel engine

    Saturday 19th July 2014 Hi boaty folk! We have recently bought a canal narrowboat in England, UK. It has a Bukh DV10 engine, one cylinder, made in Denmark. We have the owner's manual, workshop manual and a repair manual - none of these tell how to change the gearbox oil, for instance: looking...
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    Evinrude black box / ignition box

    Hi! I would appreciate it if anyone could direct me to previous comments about this (if there are any?), and to make comments to me about this? I have a 1997 Evinrude 20hp outboard engine, last year after winter it would not start and a youngish guy (in Sipoo, near Helsinki where I live...
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    Starbrite blue liquid a waste of money?

    OMC recommends that their "Carbon Guard" is added to the fuel always, to keep the pistons clean of gunge, and on boat forums many people swear that they use it (or similar) always. I can't find "Carbon Guard" where I live, however boatyards are selling small bottles of a blue liquid "Starbrite...
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    Spark plugs type & "Carbon Guard" Evinrude 20hp

    Hi Folks, and greetings from Finland (Scandinavia)! Has anyone any advice/comments on these?: Recently we made two 'epic adventures' here in Finland in our small 5m-long open boat, one of 1? days, the other of 4 days (Kiuruvesi to Kuopio, and Anttola to Savonlinna & back). Before these trips I...
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    Spark plug gap = ?

    Greetings from Helsinki, Finland!<br /><br />I recently bought a small open boat with an Evinrude 20hp 2-stroke 2-cylinder outboard engine. I don't know the accurate history of the servicing to this engine which is from 1997, model number BE20SEEUM, and one of the first things I did was to put...
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    Spark plug gap for BE20SEEUM = ?

    Greetings from Helsinki, Finland!<br /><br /> I recently bought a small open boat with an Evinrude 20hp 2-stroke 2-cylinder outboard engine. I don't know the accurate history of the servicing to this engine which is from 1997, model number BE20SEEUM, and one of the first things I did was to put...
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    Still wondering is 1:50 the best.....

    Yes, Iowa, a good idea! You know Bill Bryson is from Des Moines, I've just been re-reading his book 'The Lost Continent', very funny - and positive comments about Iowa :) <br /><br /> Now, I don't mean to keep on the subject, but I just took out the 2 new spark plugs I put in to this...
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    A pedant writes..... (from Helsinki, Finland)

    Thanks to the 4 who replied to my question/musings yesterday :) <br /> My main wondering was what happens if you use less or more 2-stroke outboard-engine oil in the gasoline - I was just curious, but now get the general idea just to use 1:50 as Evinrude tells.... this is a 20hp 2-stroke from...
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    What happens if.......?!

    Greetings from "Darkest Scandinavia" (Finland)!<br /><br />I posted a question on 15th April, thanks for the replies! I just bought my first boat & outboard engine and wondered how to get a handbook for it. The engine is an Evinrude 20hp, serial = BE20SEEUM. Evinrude sent me an owner's manual...
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    Who knows about this - BE205EEUM ??!!

    Thursday 15th April '04<br /><br />Hi!<br /><br />First time in iboats. I'm buying my first boat in 2 weeks' time, a fibre-glass Galaxy, apparently American from the 1970s, 4.9m long. It has an Evinrude outboard motor 20hp with the code BE205EEUM on the label; I'm told by the seller that the...
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