Hello all. I need some advice since my boat is in the water, far from the trailer now, far from my garage, manual and at the vacation rental.
It's an 86 Rienell with a mercruiser 5.7 L and Alpha one outdrive.
The events occurred as follows.
1) Boat was launched once a couple of weeks ago after oil change, winterization and new outdrive last season. ran like a top.
2) Launched on Friday and drove it 19 miles to slip at Lake- ran perfect.
3) Put a number of hours on it Saturday towing ski's, tubes etc.
4) Sunday morning I was pulling a tube, running great, I shut it off to allow for a quick swim. When I went to restart it, got a click of the starter and smoke from the battery.
5) Melted battery post I was towed to slip.
6) Too much resistance in starter and pulling high amps, I fixed post (on fully charged battery)
7) Trouble shooting I tried to manually turn motor and it was TOUGH.
8) Pulled a couple plugs, it turned over slightly and spit out water. H2O causing some high compression...
What can I do! Couple of things I should note.
I'm 19 miles away from launch, parked in a slip at a rental until Friday. Normally it is dry docked, now it's in the main part of a busy lake that was bobbing like mad in slip. Again, new outdrive and the small bellow fell out (read here it was not a huge issue). Not sure if this helps but when plugs were out I could feel and hear the motor breathing as it bobbed with the waves. As in it felt like piston compression every time it bobbed. Also noteworthy, I'm no mechanic but I've had this boat for 15 yrs and done the work on it myself (for good or bad). The boat is getting older and I am not willing to put a whole lot into it. A rebuild is out of the question and as much as it hurts, I would let her RIP instead. But I would buy risers and replace them myself if I thought that was it. Is there a way to know if it's a head gasket, or risers, or exhaust leak, or cracked block considering the above? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
It's an 86 Rienell with a mercruiser 5.7 L and Alpha one outdrive.
The events occurred as follows.
1) Boat was launched once a couple of weeks ago after oil change, winterization and new outdrive last season. ran like a top.
2) Launched on Friday and drove it 19 miles to slip at Lake- ran perfect.
3) Put a number of hours on it Saturday towing ski's, tubes etc.
4) Sunday morning I was pulling a tube, running great, I shut it off to allow for a quick swim. When I went to restart it, got a click of the starter and smoke from the battery.
5) Melted battery post I was towed to slip.
6) Too much resistance in starter and pulling high amps, I fixed post (on fully charged battery)
7) Trouble shooting I tried to manually turn motor and it was TOUGH.
8) Pulled a couple plugs, it turned over slightly and spit out water. H2O causing some high compression...
What can I do! Couple of things I should note.
I'm 19 miles away from launch, parked in a slip at a rental until Friday. Normally it is dry docked, now it's in the main part of a busy lake that was bobbing like mad in slip. Again, new outdrive and the small bellow fell out (read here it was not a huge issue). Not sure if this helps but when plugs were out I could feel and hear the motor breathing as it bobbed with the waves. As in it felt like piston compression every time it bobbed. Also noteworthy, I'm no mechanic but I've had this boat for 15 yrs and done the work on it myself (for good or bad). The boat is getting older and I am not willing to put a whole lot into it. A rebuild is out of the question and as much as it hurts, I would let her RIP instead. But I would buy risers and replace them myself if I thought that was it. Is there a way to know if it's a head gasket, or risers, or exhaust leak, or cracked block considering the above? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
