John, the mechanic

Today I had a friend's mechanic over to Hideaway to check out the Yanmar. Since the white smoke is a relatively new symptom, I wanted to check things out with an experienced pro. Thom said I was making too big a deal out of it, and maybe I was. But I'd rather be safe than sorry. 

John came out at 10:30 and y 11:30 we were shaking hands. We ran the engine in neutral and under load in both forward and reverse. I got her up to 2500 RPMs for several minutes and no white smoke. Of course. His diagnosis was that it was probably algae or some condensation in the fuel tank when I added more a month ago. Basically same thing that Thom had said. 

But John checked out all fittings, hoses and gave me some suggestions on maintenance, including greasing the prop shaft stuffing box and nuts, and wire brushing any corrosion and spraying with rust inhibitor. 

He also gave me a much better understanding of what it takes to install oil pressure and temp gauges. Not much to it assuming I can get the right parts. Those being T valves and a vapor bulb thermometer with a temp gauge, and and oil pressure gauge, both mechanical not electrical.

Photos below are what these parts need to connect to.