trojansteve7776
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"Brand new here so hi everyone
"Brand new here so hi everyone. I have a 1979 Trojan Sportfisherman 30'. It has twin 318's with about 1100 hours on them according to the meter. Ive owned the boat for three years now and it has been an awesome boat. It went in the water today and I went down to move it aways up the Middle River on the Chesapeake. The port engine started up right away as she always has, even after sitting drydock all winter. You cant beat this engine. However the starboard engine always give me problems starting up when it's cold. It took me roughly 3 hours to get it started and to my shock there was water gushing profusely out of the side of the engine once it was running. Would this be a cracked block maybe or maybe a gasket somewhere on the engine. I can really get my head down there to see it without resting it on the exhaust. Any thoughts on this. I'm not a mechanic and I dont know alot about the engines. Now i'm pretty mechaniccly inclined and can fix whatever I need to but as far as troubleshooting i'm not much good. I look forward to hearing the bad news. One more thing, I am pretty sure it is not leaking from the hose on the water pump."
"Brand new here so hi everyone. I have a 1979 Trojan Sportfisherman 30'. It has twin 318's with about 1100 hours on them according to the meter. Ive owned the boat for three years now and it has been an awesome boat. It went in the water today and I went down to move it aways up the Middle River on the Chesapeake. The port engine started up right away as she always has, even after sitting drydock all winter. You cant beat this engine. However the starboard engine always give me problems starting up when it's cold. It took me roughly 3 hours to get it started and to my shock there was water gushing profusely out of the side of the engine once it was running. Would this be a cracked block maybe or maybe a gasket somewhere on the engine. I can really get my head down there to see it without resting it on the exhaust. Any thoughts on this. I'm not a mechanic and I dont know alot about the engines. Now i'm pretty mechaniccly inclined and can fix whatever I need to but as far as troubleshooting i'm not much good. I look forward to hearing the bad news. One more thing, I am pretty sure it is not leaking from the hose on the water pump."