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Old 01-15-2016, 11:03 AM
Islandtrader Islandtrader is offline
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Originally Posted by Highway12 View Post
I have a 1979 23 inboard with a Yanmar 240 and it will cruse all day at 27-28 mph and burn about 8 gph. It's a very sweet rig. It used to have a 5.7 V-8 and the diesel outperforms in every aspect.
I don't doubt your assessment of a sweet rig (always liked the yanmar) However I am surprised at the burn rate?? Its the same as the V-8 and speed seems to be equal.

Just checking to see if you made a mistake in your gph.
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