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#416300 - 06/23/08 05:34 PM
Re: The Hours Competition?
[Re: Semper Fi 75]
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Safety Officer
Admiral
Registered: 03/17/04
Posts: 6625
Loc: SoCal
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My 6 year old and I, along with our Dalmatian were cruising down the lake today and I just happened to look at the oil pressure gauge. It was reading 20psi at 3600rpm. Since that is about 1/3 of the pressure it normally runs, I pulled the throttle back to idle, gauge basically goes to zero and warning alarm starts beeping. I immediately cut the ignition and open the hatch. Oil freaking everywhere and I look at the remote oil filter as I've read about these hose connections failing in the past. Sure enough, the hose fitting is why I have at least 3 qts of oil sprayed though out my bilge. We were about 3/4 of a mile away from the ramp when this happened. It was about 85 degrees outside with zero wind. I paddled for an hour before a guy in a bass boat saw us and towed us in. Guess I should be glad it happened today close to the ramp instead of yesterday when we were 15 miles down the lake. Next few weeks are busy for us so I dropped the boat off at a near by marina and they told me the standard 2 weeks. Doesn't look like the line is a big deal to change, but I do not want to deal with mess. I know my boat is 3 years out of warranty, but I might call Volvo tomorrow to complain anyway. What do you guys think? Looks like my hours to date this year will be stuck on 7 for a while
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72% of fatal boat accidents are caused by boaters that haven't taken a safe boating course. 2001 Sea Ray Sundeck 190 5.0 EFI Alpha I,Generation 2 2002 4x4 LB Lariat CC F250, 7.3PSD 
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#440915 - 10/20/08 06:29 PM
Re: The Hours Competition?
[Re: Lambert Laker]
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Always learning
Vice Admiral
Registered: 05/01/07
Posts: 382
Loc: Wichita, KS
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Yes, I am still here. I have been busy and just lurking lately. I am not sure that I would be the winner of last year. I bought the boat in April of last year and the family was boat crazy for the year. We did put a lot of hours on the engine. I will guess about 140 hrs. I will see if the dealer has the hrs. at time of the winterizing from last year. This year, we had the pleasure of having a camper trailer ( my Father’s ) that we were able to leave at the lake for us to use. We were out at the lake almost every weekend. I will make another post about that. Really cool spot. Anyway, a little off topic….. sorry. I just went and pulled the boat out of the slip and brought it home to clean and wax to get ready for the winterizing. It has 240 hrs.
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