fishermantwo
Well-Known Member
I have a commercial fishing vessel that has a Gardner main and a Kubota auxillary.
A few years ago when I used to spend hours some days with the main idling out of gear while winching drop lines, I would notice on the long steam home a trail of exhaust smoke about half a mile long. Oil consumption increased too. There is a product advertised here called FTC Decarboniser. I bought a bottle and used it as per the instructions. The results were almost imediate, with in about 3 days of use the smoke had disappeared completely and oil consumption dropped by half. I still use it occassionally but at a weaker mix as a fuel cleaner/conditioner. My main engine is over 50 years old and is still all original, some blue smoke at start up and while the engine is cold. Very hard to see anything when up to temperature and cruising. With the kubota I never run it with out load and will run mercury vapour lights etc even during the day to give it some load.
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A few years ago when I used to spend hours some days with the main idling out of gear while winching drop lines, I would notice on the long steam home a trail of exhaust smoke about half a mile long. Oil consumption increased too. There is a product advertised here called FTC Decarboniser. I bought a bottle and used it as per the instructions. The results were almost imediate, with in about 3 days of use the smoke had disappeared completely and oil consumption dropped by half. I still use it occassionally but at a weaker mix as a fuel cleaner/conditioner. My main engine is over 50 years old and is still all original, some blue smoke at start up and while the engine is cold. Very hard to see anything when up to temperature and cruising. With the kubota I never run it with out load and will run mercury vapour lights etc even during the day to give it some load.
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