Nige123

can Paraffin be used or a mix or Paraffin & diesel ??? I make my own Bio Diesel & have done for some years now & run my Combi van & MG ZTT on it the MG works best on 50/50 mix but the non turbo van runs 100% bio all year round..... I have an Eberspacher D1L in my workshop that keeps in warm in the winter & it will not run 100% Bio Diesel as it seems to have more problems starting up but will run a mix of about 25% bio to Paraffin, staight Paraffin seems to run much cooler then DERV but the mix of both types seems much better...... the only problem I seem to get is some brown glazing on the glow plug (from the bio) that you can burn off by connecting it to a battery (mind your fingers) for 10 seconds... anyway I have fitted a tank of paraffin & bio to my boat & will let you all know if it goes very wrong in the next few weeks...

The boat next to mine has just fitted one from a company in Canada.... it's not the smallest of toilets I've seen & the second chimney with spinning cowl looks a bit odd on the roof but if you don't have to pump out only MT a try once or twice a year it may be something many may now be thinking of fitting I know I have. They tell me it works well & no stink inside or outside yet but this summer will tell more maybe.....

many thanks Julian I didn't clean out the holes so will try that as soon as I get some more plugs from ebay (about £15.00)

Hi I'm new here & would like to know if anyone has had the same problem as I have with a Mikuni MX40 boiler???? all has been fine for most of the winter then the heater plug went... no big deal just fitted a new one & it run fine for about a week... the plugs had a black & almost metalic like carbon build up running down one side of them, & now only last about an hour or so before before the coil burns out & snaps ( at first I thought I may have a deisel problem so I have fitted a "boiler only" tank & filled it with new deisel & the same thing happens so it can't be a deisel..... so any help would be good before I get the heater in bits all over the place......... if only the boat had a back boiler fitted to the woodburner I would be a happy man.....