I bought a 04 pontoon with a 04 Mercury 50HP 4 stroke EFI Bigfoot last week and low and behold on the second trip out we are running across the lake and start loosing power so i shut it down, i check the oil and it is white. I try to turn the engine over and nothing.
After returning it to the dealer where i bought it, they say they are going to tear into it and figure out what's wrong and fix it. They said that the motor probably isn't hurt and the reason it won't turn over is water doesn't compress like oil and that likely caused it to "lock up". They say it is most likely a blown head gasket. Does anyone know of issues like this with 4-strokes? Are they trying to pull one over by telling me it likely isn't hurt? Any advice would be greatly appericiated.
After returning it to the dealer where i bought it, they say they are going to tear into it and figure out what's wrong and fix it. They said that the motor probably isn't hurt and the reason it won't turn over is water doesn't compress like oil and that likely caused it to "lock up". They say it is most likely a blown head gasket. Does anyone know of issues like this with 4-strokes? Are they trying to pull one over by telling me it likely isn't hurt? Any advice would be greatly appericiated.
