Water ingestion problem. Need help

[mmgwhite]

I have a pair of Mercury 225HP EFI (1995) on a Mako 293. The starboard engine ingested enough water to kill the engine while in rough water.<br />A purge of the separator and change of the engine filter got us home but, now, the engine will not make full power nor adequate fuel pressure on the gauge.<br />My Clymer mentions a "final filter" in the vapor separator may be dirty and this would make sense with the circumstances.<br />Is this an easy owner/amateur mechanic job?<br />Any other troubleshooting I should consider?<br />Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Water ingestion problem. Need help

Welcome to iboats.<br /><br />Please define water ingestion. To me that would mean that water got into the lower cylinders from the exhaust or carbs, or from a bad head gasket. What you're describing sounds more like you have water in the fuel, at least in regards to servicing the fuel filters and draining the vapor seperator.<br /><br />If you ingested enough water from sucking raw water into the cylinders to stop the motor, you need an overhaul. That would bend rods.

 

[mmgwhite]

Re: Water ingestion problem. Need help

Sorry, I should have been more specific.<br />Water in the fuel. Don't know the origin of the water. Possibly condensation. It had been in the tank a while as it was rusty stuff. It overwhelmed the water separator/strainer and next the engine fuel filter. I guess I am lucky it only hit the starboard engine.<br />Thanks for any help you can offer.<br />Matison