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can blown berring be repaired?

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ep_brooklyn

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Hi Guys,

I have a newly rebuilt marinized chevy 350 5.7 liter. (1 year ago) Boat has been running fine and all of a sudden the other day the starboard engine started making this knocking sound. The marina mechanic listened to it for 2 minutes and said I had a blown berring and motor was shot and motor needed to be replaced! Now I have a warranty on the motor but to remove the engine from bell howsing $200.00. To remove engine from boat via boat yard forklift $150.00 each way=$300.00. To put motor back together to bellhowsing another two hundred. Shipping crated engine back to warranty company $100.00. All told just to get this motor back to be serviced under warranty is gonna cost me $800.00. I have a friend who is a mechanic who could cut me a break on labor costs but he is unreachable at the momment. I guess my question is can a motor with a blown berring be repaired? I do own an engine stand. Is it feasable to have a blown berring repaired for less than $800.00 This would be the cost of getting the engine out of the boat. Thanks for any qualified replies!!

EP
 
As for your two questions.......
1...... yes, it can be repaired, given that any damage is not so severe that it would prevent this.
2..... this depends entirely upon what type of damage occured, and the extent of it.


Take advantage of the warrentee, and allow the original company to make the repair.
A rod or crankshaft bearing that has failed, may had done damage to the crank journal.

See if the warrantee covers any R&R... but I'm doubtful that it would.

Your friend is certainly capable of the R&R, but the final alignment should be performed by a tech who knows precisely how to do so.

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The rates for removing the engine sound a bit high, given that disconnecting the engine from the bell housing and pulling the engine mount bolts is well under an hours work...unless of course your engine is buried under a lot of decking and furniture and not accessable. Is the quote from the person who did the install? Did you buy the engine yourself and then pay someone else to install it? In any event, the thing you may be missing here is that regardless of who fixes the blown bearing, it is not a job that generally can be done with the engine in the boat. So.... in/out labor will be the same. What you are looking at, for an apples to apples comparison, is your mechanic's parts and labor cost vs the $100 crating and shipping charge. Listen to Rick.
 
Do you really want to keep an engine that has already shed one rod? No, I didn't think so. I hope you didn't get into boating thinking it was going to be some easy cheap thing. This is what it is. It costs. Pay up or stay on shore. We've all been in your shoes, believe me. More times than we would care for.
 
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