3.0 mercruiser puked water/oil out the valve cover yesterday

Tmakaro

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Let me start by saying I did something really stupid when I had my old riser off. I sprayed water down the exhaust manifold probably flooding the cylinders. I thought it was a water way because there was rust in there. Yes very stupid. So I pumped out the water with my oil change pump and then turned over the engine with the lanyard switch off. After that I started the motor up and it ran fine. I put on a new exhaust manifold and a new riser and took it out on the water for a high rpm test.

Temperature held fine but a mix of water and oil puked out of the valve cover into the fire arrester and down over the engine block into the bilge.

At home I cleaned it all up and did a compression test and I am getting 150 across the board. One other thing I did before my first test in the water was to spray down my engine to clean it. I notice the oil cap is loose.

I did another high rpm test and this time everything was fine. Is it possible that the water was just a contamination from what I did above?
 

riptorn

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Re: 3.0 mercruiser puked water/oil out the valve cover yesterday

Ahh Yaa.
Give her another flush with an oil and filter change. You'll never get the water out of the oil until a few oil changes.
Did the same thing but left the lid up and rained all night.
Good Luck
 

Pete104

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Re: 3.0 mercruiser puked water/oil out the valve cover yesterday

From now on leave the garden hose OUTSIDE the boat!!!;)
 

Tmakaro

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Re: 3.0 mercruiser puked water/oil out the valve cover yesterday

Lol. Ya, no more garden hose in the boat! I was worried that I had a blown head gasket.
 
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