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I get it and no, my mind is not made up yet. Although I will say I doubt my transom is rotted. I believe this problem showed up a couple days ago because I accidentally lowered the leg(while stationary and not running) in shallow water and lifted my boat up.
Granted but i take the boat out of the water every time. I would like to do a proper repair in October. Also, sika flex is some pretty sticky silly putty 😀 I bet that would seal it perfectly for the few times more that I want to use it.
I think it now leaks at the seal not the crack. I know it needs a proper repair but I keep my boat out of water so I figured if I put sika flex on it, that would be water tight for a few more boating trips. I should have mentioned I take my 2010 bayliner 192 out of water every time.
The water wasn’t that high and stayed in the bilge area So I am good there. I just want to get out 5 to 7 more times. With a small leak like this, I figured id just put sika flex around it to last me a couple of months. Should seal up tight shouldn’t it. I know it is only temporary but I plan...
I think I may have caused this leak a short while ago. I was lowering my leg in shallow water and ended up lifting the back of the boat.
What do I do now? Any way to live with it for 2.5 months until the season is over for me? Perhaps put sika-flex around it to keep the water out? bellows look...
Hi, I am about to install my riser gasket and I am getting conflicting information on whether to use a thin layer of high temp gasket cement on the gasket around the water ports. Everyone agrees not to use any on the gasket cement around the exhaust.
should i add any around the water ports of...
I am in the process of replacing my exhaust manifolds and elbows on my mercruiser 4.3
The engine has a dry joint system that was originally raw water cooled. A long time ago I converted it to a closed cooling system for the engine block. manifolds and elbows are still raw water cooled.
so after...
hi, I just did a cold compression test on my 4.3 mercruiser. I couldn’t warm the engine up because my manifolds are currently off. The motor is a 2010 with 560 hours on it.
here are my numbers
1 = 145
3 = 150
5 = 178
2 = 183
4 = 175
6 = 180
seems to idle fine
I just purchased new exhaust manifolds and risers for my 2010 Bayliner 192 with a 4.3L Mercruiser.
The manifolds are painted where the exhaust gasket goes and some of the paint has chipped off. Do I need to chip off the rest of the paint?
I have a 2010 Bayliner 192 with a 4.3L Mercruiser and a Alpha 1 gen 2 leg. The other day when I was on the water, I couldn't get up on plane. The fastest I could go was 16mph revving at 2800 rpm. When I push the throttle down, the engine revs to 5000 rpm but the boat doesn't go any faster.
So I...
