mforemantx
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"Greetings,
The house is re
"Greetings,
The house is repaired finally so now it's time to start on the boat. I had 4 feet of water on my property due to the surge and like a FOOL, I forgot to put the plug in the boat so it flooded up and once the bilge pump drained the battery dry I had a few feet of salt water in the boat.
I knew I had an oil leak, probably on the oil pan, but never got around to fixing it... turns out if there's more liquid on the outside of the block it seeps in!
To get it out of the way, everyone call me a dumba$$ because once the waters subsided I took the boat out to check out the local damage and didn't check the oil. Turns out it was about 80% salt water, 20% oil.
After a few miles it died. As I knew it wasn't going to be pretty, and the fact that I needed to get the house restored first I let it sit until now. (Roughly 4 months)
Today I've pulled everything off the block, removed the engine cover and back seat, and tomorrow I'm dropping the lower unit and pulling the motor out of the boat. So far I've taken the valve covers off and the timing chain housing. There's surface rust on just about everything. Took off the rockers and pushrods. A little scrubbing with an SOS pad cleaned those up nicely.
I welcome any advice or 'hey look out for's anyone might want to share as I delve deeper into my '$3 drain plug turned mega expensive engine overhaul' adventure."
The house is re
"Greetings,
The house is repaired finally so now it's time to start on the boat. I had 4 feet of water on my property due to the surge and like a FOOL, I forgot to put the plug in the boat so it flooded up and once the bilge pump drained the battery dry I had a few feet of salt water in the boat.
I knew I had an oil leak, probably on the oil pan, but never got around to fixing it... turns out if there's more liquid on the outside of the block it seeps in!
To get it out of the way, everyone call me a dumba$$ because once the waters subsided I took the boat out to check out the local damage and didn't check the oil. Turns out it was about 80% salt water, 20% oil.
After a few miles it died. As I knew it wasn't going to be pretty, and the fact that I needed to get the house restored first I let it sit until now. (Roughly 4 months)
Today I've pulled everything off the block, removed the engine cover and back seat, and tomorrow I'm dropping the lower unit and pulling the motor out of the boat. So far I've taken the valve covers off and the timing chain housing. There's surface rust on just about everything. Took off the rockers and pushrods. A little scrubbing with an SOS pad cleaned those up nicely.
I welcome any advice or 'hey look out for's anyone might want to share as I delve deeper into my '$3 drain plug turned mega expensive engine overhaul' adventure."