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james bricker
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"Can anyone help? I'm new
"Can anyone help? I'm new to boating but not to auto engines. I have a 89 stingray with a mercruiser 5.7 350 engine. I just bought the boat two weeks ago and ran it 3 times so for. Today I was towed in because the boat shut down and when I opened the hatch to see if I could tell what was wrong I saw oil in the bilge. Before I saw the oil I tried to fire her back up and it cranked slow so I stopped then found the oil. Does it have a automatic shutdown or did I hurt the engine?? Toinght I checked the dipstick and valve cover openings where you add oil and white sludge everywhere! Question is is it the head gasket,intake gasket,exaust gasket,or risers? I don't really understand what the risers do or how they would let water into the oil. I didn't find a oil leak either but rite before the engine shut down the oil pressure was rising. Is it possible the water pressure entering the engine made the oil come out of the dipstick tube? I will do a compression test tommorrow but I was just wondering if someone out there could point me in the rite direction?Please e mail me at hawdragon@optonline .net Thanks in advance!!"
"Can anyone help? I'm new to boating but not to auto engines. I have a 89 stingray with a mercruiser 5.7 350 engine. I just bought the boat two weeks ago and ran it 3 times so for. Today I was towed in because the boat shut down and when I opened the hatch to see if I could tell what was wrong I saw oil in the bilge. Before I saw the oil I tried to fire her back up and it cranked slow so I stopped then found the oil. Does it have a automatic shutdown or did I hurt the engine?? Toinght I checked the dipstick and valve cover openings where you add oil and white sludge everywhere! Question is is it the head gasket,intake gasket,exaust gasket,or risers? I don't really understand what the risers do or how they would let water into the oil. I didn't find a oil leak either but rite before the engine shut down the oil pressure was rising. Is it possible the water pressure entering the engine made the oil come out of the dipstick tube? I will do a compression test tommorrow but I was just wondering if someone out there could point me in the rite direction?Please e mail me at hawdragon@optonline .net Thanks in advance!!"