Thanks all. I had to leave it at the lake for 3 weeks due to wife, work and kids that i needed to get home.
I hope it will be ok in the condition it is in.
The trailer has not moved for 6 years (other than twice a year launch and retrieve 100' away) and one of the wheel bearings is getting warm...
Thanks that all helps me out very much. Seriously appreciated.
One concern that i have is it will take a few days for me to get to taking the head off.
What about all the water/oil mix still in the engine.
I have drained/suctioned all that i can, filled with oil, ran at idle for 10 seconds for...
We did not do a good job winterizing clearly.
For the last 10 years i understood that if you got all of the water properly out of this engine antifreeze was a step that was not needed.
Clearly i made a mistake.
There are 4 drain plugs on the engine. We used a screwdriver to make sure that all...
I agree likely winterizing failure. Have done it for many years, my sons more involved last year so perhaps an error was made. Still not sure how.
I have heard do a compression test and inspect sides of block for cracks in water jacket.
Any other suggestions other than the obvious winterization...
The engine did continue to run, although i could not get it up to higher rpms. Presumably because of the back pressure of the water in the oil side.
If it was head gasket, would there not be water/oil in the spark plugs, or shooting through the carb?
The MIlkshake was spewing at a significant...
Hi all,
Had an incident with my boat engine and need some advice as I don't know what to do next.
We just summarized our boat and launched. New oil, filters, water separator, etc.
Was running rough after a few minutes.
Opened engine and good old milk shake pouring out of top cover breathers...
