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Old 11-19-2016, 11:07 PM   #36
sunchaser
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City: Carefree, Arizona
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There is an active thread on boat diesel about a fellow who was operating on one engine due to a locked transmission. When transmission repaired the engine would not turn over, water locked and destroyed.
go to that site for details if you are interested.

Also, operating on one engine may present battery issues with the down engine's alternator off line.

So many reason to be careful here, seems hardly worth it to intentionally operate on only one unless you've got the right setup and knowledge.
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