Recent content by Jason Boatman

I'm not 100% yet. I have replacement parts on order. Everything from new intake manifold, to exhaust and risers, and raw water pump of course. I haven't been able to find a crack in the block anywhere. There's two main reasons why you'd have a cracked block though. One, improper winterization...

I took a couple of pictures of the different things. I forgot to mention there was rust in the engine just above the intake. As far as the exhaust goes, I don't think I will be able to reuse it and trust that it will seal. It looks like the last maintenance used anabond or something, and I can't...

There was some water in the center exhaust port on disassembly. How would I go about checking the system for that leak?

I think I'm going to go ahead and put it back together with new parts i.e. impeller, intake gasket, and thermostat, minus the new exhaust system, hook it up to some muffs and see what we get. We got really good compression, but that doesn't always mean everything. If we still get water at least...

Yea, it was milky, and there was definitely some water in the cylinders. It is carbureted, I was thinking I could have flooded it when trying to get the engine to turn because it's an electric fuel pump and I had to hold the key down while the motor slowly turned before freeing itself When I...

I have a 94 Genesis, Volvo Penta 4.3. I bought on consignment two years ago from a boat shop. Who, according to them had went through the boat and maintained regular maintenance. After going through this boat myself now, I can tell that was a lie, and needless to say the boat shop is now closed...