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Originally Posted by NOLAsailing
As an aside, why are you running your motor without load that frequently? Small diesels don't really respond well to that over time.
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Over here is comon practice to start the engine every week for 10 to 15 minutes, leave it idle for 2 minutes, then rev it up to 1500 or more, in neutral for a few minutes.
We all do it, and we never had any problems. Mind you most boats get used a lot so this is not needed. Only for boats that are long time stopped.
We know about cylinder glassing, but its a minimal price to pay for not runing the engines. Our diesel is also very good and has algae deterrents from the refinery, and is sold as marine diesel.