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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FWIW, Mike's advice jives exactly with what
our<BR>boatyard manager told me. We recently purchased
our<BR>boat, and like yours, she has been a fresh<BR>water boat. In my
exuberance to do all the "right<BR>things" for her, I was getting ready to write
a big<BR>check for fresh water cooling...he suggested we might<BR>just want to
run with salt water for the rest of the<BR>motor's natural life, then decide
whether to replace<BR>with diesel or another A4.<BR><BR>Hope this
helps...<BR>Bill<BR>Hull #276<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>