I just found out that the previous owner of our
boat had never changed out the
oil in our
diesel injector pump(Ford
Lehman 80hp).
We bought her last year and are going through a
refit in Port Townsend. Being new to the
diesel world, I didn't know either until I took a diesel class last week. When I drained her--supposed to hold 12 ounces, about 24 came out. Lots of black and the consistancy of diesel
fuel with the same
odor.
I refilled it with 30wt.
oil and the
engine started right up with no problems. I've put abut 120 hours on her since we bought her last year with never a problem on the
engine.
Anyone have any idea what problems I'm looking at in the future because of this? It is recommended that the oil be changed after every 50 hours and there has to be at least 2000+ hours and 12 years of use.
I plan to change it every 10 hours for the next few times and see what comes out.