"Took it to mechanic and he sa
"Took it to mechanic and he said the cylinder would have to re-bored. The scaring is to much for just honing. He said he would probably be able to rebore .010 over and that I needed a 10 over piston and complete set of rings. I am not going to "try this at home". Now I will explain how this came about.
During Hurricane Katrina, local authorities used my boat for two weeks during the evacuation and when they were done with it, the boat was totalled. Had holes in the hull, the lower unit was destroyed from hitting sunken cars, fences, trees, and anything else that didn't float. The boat sat at a dumpsite for over a year, while I waited to be reimbursed for the damages (not insured).
I finally recieved $12,000 for the damages and decided to get it fixed. Had the hulled repaired, a lower unit put on it and the ptt repaired. The boat looked practically new. By this time, the motor had not been run in open water for two years. I did however run it on hose hookup in driveway.
I launched the boat and it ran great at first, but immediately developed and oil flow issue. The oil had geled and would not pass through the oil flow sensor and the alarm kept going off. After several attempts, the problem fixed itself and oil began the flow. I was worried about this problem, so once back at home, I removed the oil tank, the oil lines and the oil flow sensor. Cleaned it all out and poured new oil in the oil tank. Then it sat in the driveway for 5 months.
A week ago I finally decided to put it in the water and test run it before starting the summer fishing season. I idled it out to open water and it was running ok. Once in open water, I decided to let it all out to see what it would do. It was running great, when suddenly, I lost rpms and engine just quit. It would not turn over at all for about 5 minutes. Finally hit the key and I had some trouble getting it started but it did start and was running very rough. Got it back up on plane and then it did the same thing. I waited about 5 minutes and managed to get it started again, but this time, I idled back to the launch. This is what brought me here.
After all the help and info I received here and from Suzuki dealer, it was determined (and I had to concur) that I did not bleed the oil back through the oil pump during my amature repair and the engine seized due to lack of oil.
So this back yard mechanic wannabe just put himself back an estimated $1500 in dumb damage and repairs. Hope anyone who decides to to his own repairs reads this.
I would like to post some pictures of the boat being used during the storm and the damage done to the boat by the National Guard after the rescue. If anyone would like to see these, email me
[email protected] and I would be glad to send them to you.
VinnyP
Boat being used in my neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Notice the water line on the roof.
