TMI - Too Much Information in the digital age

What does this have to do with how much Vaccuum is present at the air filter? My attitude is not holier than thou, it's just that your question is THAT stupid. It measures how much restriction is at the engine air intake. Each engine/boat will have a baseline wc number depending on engine room air vent size etc., most mans run -5 or less, but unless it’s over -15, man mechanics won’t have cause for concern....... do you NEED the red line on the gauge like the rancor fuel filter gauges have???

You're the one who made the reference. My perspective of the meaning of this thread is as people age and technology passes them by then rather than learn, they choose to condemn it. Capt J was very much on topic. You chose the topic.

Based on the hour I wonder if NYCAP has had a NIGHTCAP or 4. That or he needs to revisit anger management at his next session with the shrink.

The ramifications of the new technology in outboards has completed changed the game in boating to the average guy on a budget. The reliability of fuel injection and the ECMs in those things is unbelievable. I am not that old but I remember the days when you had to choke/pump/choke etc an outboard. good riddance. I know this is not diesel engines we are talking about but the modern outboard is something that makes boating much easier for the average man despite the pricing.

They’re gauges. I’d much rather see what condition my air filters (wc), fuel filters (fuel pressure), turbos (boost), all on the helm display rather than guessing. Guess you’ve forgotten when you had a performance or smoke issue pop up with mechanical engines and the dealer had to come out and hook up all of the mechanical gauges their senders and hoses and sea trial just to see what those same numbers were to diagnose the problem.

If someone buys a boat and is too Important to spend 1-2 hours reading the owners manual on their $200,000 - 2,000,000 set of engines, I guess they can just wait until one alarms and tells them. I’m guessing these are the very same owners that never step foot in the engine room or even check their oil.

There are a lot of things for owners to know on the old Detroit’s also, like how to reset the emergency shut down, or only to use cf-2 40 weight oil in them, or how to prime them, or critical to change the coolant every 2 years on 92 series.

You seem to argue with everyone. Are you off your meds? Sneak out the back door of the mental hospital, or what?

Well, we have that in common then, good for you. As far as the rest, guess I've lost the urge to lower myself to that level. Don't need the negativity. Ooooohmmmm......

The gizmos as you call them have nothing to do with why they're so expensive.

I stand up for who I feel is right. The information may be superfluous to you but to many of us it's useful. Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean you should put it down. I don't want to return to the dark ages or to the days of the DD's you site as your love. I like today's engines and technology.

Oh, I didn't know we were discussing farming. As I know nothing about tractors, I can't address that topic. Love how you change the subject.

I never argued against them. Do you use gizmos for everything you don't know? We're talking about the environmental regulations on Diesel Engines there, which are scheduled to go into effect on marine diesels. Capt J is alarmed and worried and I feel like they'll be given a little reprieve and that some manufacturers are closer than he thinks.

So do you want to talk tractors or trucking now. Thing is on boat engines, what you consider new, I consider old. There's been very little change in the past ten years or so.