hey guys,
I just purchased a 1971 cougar with an omc sterndrive, I believe the engine is a 225 buick v6. The guy I bought it from said it started up when he ran gas through the carb. When I got the boat home I hooked it up to the water hose and started supplying water to it. I found water coming out of the side of the engine block. It looked like a drain so I screwed the bolt down and stopped the engine from spewing water. I tried to start it and it turned over and turned over and seemed like just one cylinder hit lik once out of about twenty tries. I took the carb off and found a lot of rust insinde the intake manifold and carb. I'm going to clean the carb out, do you guys recommend doing a rebuild? I have done a lot of outboards but this will be my first inboard. I'm a little nervous, I would like to find a shop manual for it but am having trouble finding one. I took the valve covers off and it seems like there is a lot of oil in there with a little bit of rust but for the most part looks ok. I guess it kind of depends on how the pistons look when I get to them. I pulled the dip stick out and the oil seems to resemble black pancake syrup. If anyone could help me I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Thanks,
Jason
I just purchased a 1971 cougar with an omc sterndrive, I believe the engine is a 225 buick v6. The guy I bought it from said it started up when he ran gas through the carb. When I got the boat home I hooked it up to the water hose and started supplying water to it. I found water coming out of the side of the engine block. It looked like a drain so I screwed the bolt down and stopped the engine from spewing water. I tried to start it and it turned over and turned over and seemed like just one cylinder hit lik once out of about twenty tries. I took the carb off and found a lot of rust insinde the intake manifold and carb. I'm going to clean the carb out, do you guys recommend doing a rebuild? I have done a lot of outboards but this will be my first inboard. I'm a little nervous, I would like to find a shop manual for it but am having trouble finding one. I took the valve covers off and it seems like there is a lot of oil in there with a little bit of rust but for the most part looks ok. I guess it kind of depends on how the pistons look when I get to them. I pulled the dip stick out and the oil seems to resemble black pancake syrup. If anyone could help me I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Thanks,
Jason