<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div>Juergen,</div></div><div>That is interesting, what makes Ethanol safer? does it have a lower flash point? No worries with the passengers drinking the fuel, I will post a sign that says" if you drink the fuel you have to swim home" ;-)</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_4127426126" class="yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div>On Monday, August 21, 2017, 9:24:42 AM MDT, Juergen Guerrero Kommritz via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div id="yiv8400592388"><html><head></head><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv8400592388yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503328765359_7791">Hi Hank,</div><div id="yiv8400592388yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503328765359_7792">An idea is to convert the motor to ethanol, it looses 10% power, but ethanol is saver than gasoline. The greatest problem is to avoid that the passengers drink the fuel :-).</div><div id="yiv8400592388yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503328765359_7780">Best wishes</div><div id="yiv8400592388yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503328765359_7790">Juergen<br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8400592388yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503328765359_7640"><span></span></div> <div class="yiv8400592388qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8400592388yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> schrieb am 6:52 Sonntag, 20.August 2017:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv8400592388y_msg_container"><div class="yiv8400592388yqt7188988703" id="yiv8400592388yqt23270"><div id="yiv8400592388"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hi All,</div><div>My diesel engine did not work out in the end, and 6 hp I suspect is a bit skinny. I do have a beautiful 15 hp 4 stroke Honda outboard that has been converted to run a hydraulic pump inboard. I converted it many years ago to power my sternwheeler but ended up with an antique engine. The engine is stripped down to a bare engine with external water pump and internal oil cooler. The problem is, it is a gas engine, and that is a big NO NO or is it? If the fuel supply is outside the hull and the engine is run out of fuel before a dive, then there is no fuel at all inside the sub while it dives. An engine compartment blower fan can constantly circulate air through a duct to the outside of the sub. I know as a rule it is considered a bad idea but with careful installation it could be a very nice drive system. This would be much quieter and smoother than a diesel engine. The Honda would be very easy to remove from the escape pod if I need to escape. The Honda 4 stroke is as reliable as even a Yanmar diesel. I was bragging to a Honda mechanic one time that the Honda starts with two pulls in the spring. He said it must need a tune up LOL it should start in one pull. </div><div>Hank</div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></html></div><html><div class="yqt7188988703" id="yqt60614"><body>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></body></div></html></div></div></div></div></body></html>