Re: Blown Head Gasket?
I just bought the boat. It had used oil in it without water damage. Well, I used the "sucking pump" and got about 4 quarts out of it and all the oil looked fine....I didn't know the boat had a drain hose until I found it today. The motor ran fine when I was looking it over in the guys driveway. I changed the impeller, gear oil, fuel, and fuel and oil filters. Adjusted the shift cable cause after all that it wouldn't shift into reverse. Once everything was fine in my driveway, I took it out on Wednesday. Everything was fine, no overheating..nothing. So I went to take the family out today, backed her into the water and it wouldn't turn over. Like it was locked up. That's when I found what I found. I live in South Ga, the boat came from Jacksonville fl....not sure if it's cold enough here to freeze out a block. So, if it's the block, why would the water be in the top of the cylinders only on one side? Why would it crank multiple times and run before this? Why isn't there any milky oil on the dip stick? God I hope it's not the block.
