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Morocco 3 - Rise of the Boldies (we're trying again)

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29
Sep

4 days to go

This morning started with a trip up to Wroxham to Norfolk Marine, to buy some biocide, en route to the office.

At lunchtime I visited JSF  with a long shopping list of bearings, brake pads, filters and other bits.  I am now happy that I have a suitable set of spares.  I shall update the relevant article before we leave to show what we took.  Step 1 was to drain the main tank completely.  Then I added 5 litres of diesel along with a healthy dose of biocide.  After this I went for a 'spirited' drive giggling and swilling the diesel about in the tank.  Al this time I ran from the small auxilliary tank.

Once I was back home I drained this out of the tank and it was completely black and smelled of stagnant water.

Then came the painful bit a trip to the garage. £189 laterSurprised the tank was full to the brim with 162 litres (less than I thought) for bicide treated diesel.  I changed the fuel filters and went for a short drive to flush out any old oil.

Tomorrow I am off to Kings Langley for a meeting so, hopefully I will flush out any remaining bugs on the way.

Comments   

 
0 # Christian Weihser 2010-10-01 11:57
We all at Aquaterra hope that preparation is going well. The sweepstake to identify the location of your first breakdown has created quite a lot of interest. I would like to point out that Tim has placed his marker on the M25 and not for the return journey. Best of luck Christian
 
 
0 # Ralph 2010-10-02 15:08
I'm glad to see that my colleague has so much faith in my mechanical abilities.
I now intend to go via the blackwall tunnel to avoid the M25 :o)
 

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