Hello all so I just went out to uncover my boat. and inside the boat the ice is unbelievable it has froze up the motor. the drain did not do a good job it has ice frozen up to my belts I assume this is bad anyone have this problem before thanks
Let' put it this way the ice has filled the compartment beneath the motor it is all ice and yes from what I can see it is up over the oil pan and more
I did pull the oil dip stick out and the oil seem to be ok but there is a white residue All over the motor
Let' put it this way the ice has filled the compartment beneath the motor it is all ice and yes from what I can see it is up over the oil pan and more I did pull the oil dip stick out and the oil seem to be ok but there is a white residue All over the motor
Is this a trailer boat? How Big?
If it is out of the water, the first thing to do is remove the plug and get the bow up so it will drain as it thaws.
Where are you that it is still frozen solid?
Lol I live in Maine were we had a very very cold winter one of the worst I seen in a long time. The boat is a 19 foot boat on a trailer plug was pulled for winter I also tarpped it but did not do a good job I guess the nose is in the air but maybe it was not high enough
All your flotation foam below decks will be saturated and water logged. If you winterized the motor and put the hoses back on along with the drain plugs then there should be no way for water to get inside the motor, just the starter and maybe the power steering pump if it got that high. All that weight can also cause problems for the hull and not to mention the trailer under that load.
Lol I live in Maine were we had a very very cold winter one of the worst I seen in a long time. The boat is a 19 foot boat on a trailer plug was pulled for winter I also tarped it but did not do a good job I guess the nose is in the air but maybe it was not high enough
We all had a super cold winter. 5 inches of snow just last weekend.
If the plug was out, there is no way you will get water up to the engine unless something was blocking the opening.
Do you have leaves or a lost rag floating around under there?
Hello again so after thawing the motor and going over everything to make sure there was no damage I started the motor after 7 or 8 tries I ran for about 30 second then stopped it i started about 4 more time after that. Now it is time to change the oil and plugs and get her Reading For The Season
