Nos4r2
Lieutenant Commander
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2004
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The gas useage of my 50hp merc is beginning to wear a bit thin now... it's close to £4 per gallon for petrol in the UK so I'm spending £20 per hour running at WOT.I'm seriously thinking about going over to a yanmar d27 or d36 diesel outboard. Speed aint really an issue when the price of red diesel here is between half and a quarter of that of petrol and they apparently burn just over 1.5gph. The only problem is I can't find anyone who's ever used or worked on one-or that sells them in the UK. Are they all that yanmar claim? I'm kinda dubious about aluminium blocks on diesel motors.