Hello again,
Think I may be getting close to having a boat but not sure. I bought a bayliner bowrider with a 85 hp force motor for 400.00. I was told by the owner that he had the motor checked and the mechanic told him it had good compression but needed a new starter. I bought a new starter and it did nothing but make sparks. Found that the shaft on the new starter was froze. fixed that problem tried starting it and it would barely crank with the plugs in. bought a compression tester and found #1 110, #2 50 and #3 40. Took the head off the head gasket looked good the cylinders were smooth and the pistons looked like they just had carbon build up. When I turned the flywheel # 1 would making a sucking noise when it passed the exaust valve but #2 and 3 did not. Did I get lucky enough just to replace the rings or should I replace the pistons and have the cylinders bored. I don't care about high performance I just wanted a cheap boat to take the kids fishing in and do some diving. Thanks for any help.
Think I may be getting close to having a boat but not sure. I bought a bayliner bowrider with a 85 hp force motor for 400.00. I was told by the owner that he had the motor checked and the mechanic told him it had good compression but needed a new starter. I bought a new starter and it did nothing but make sparks. Found that the shaft on the new starter was froze. fixed that problem tried starting it and it would barely crank with the plugs in. bought a compression tester and found #1 110, #2 50 and #3 40. Took the head off the head gasket looked good the cylinders were smooth and the pistons looked like they just had carbon build up. When I turned the flywheel # 1 would making a sucking noise when it passed the exaust valve but #2 and 3 did not. Did I get lucky enough just to replace the rings or should I replace the pistons and have the cylinders bored. I don't care about high performance I just wanted a cheap boat to take the kids fishing in and do some diving. Thanks for any help.