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"1988 28 ft bayliner with OMC
"1988 28 ft bayliner with OMC Cobra 460, 750 hours. Boat new to me last summer. Blew out the coupler before the winter, so I had it pulled out of the water to get it fixed. Back in the water after the fix and the boat overheated before I got 1/2 mile from the repair dock. Impeller (?) was toasted. Clearly their fault so they fixed a cracked exhaust manifold/riser and gave it back to me. Boat spent the winter where air temps dropped into the teens, river never ices over. Kept a light on the engine and fired it up every few weeks. Never really checked the engine oil when I got it back from the shop, but now that I do, I see that's it's mixed with water. Guess the question is what's wrong (please don't say cracked block) and who's fault is it? In particular, is there water in there because it was overheated or did I not do enough to protect it from the cold over the winter? Or option #3 (which I'm personally pulling for) it's normal to have water in the engine oil and I'll have thousands of hours of continued pleasure with my boat without any more significant expenses."
"1988 28 ft bayliner with OMC Cobra 460, 750 hours. Boat new to me last summer. Blew out the coupler before the winter, so I had it pulled out of the water to get it fixed. Back in the water after the fix and the boat overheated before I got 1/2 mile from the repair dock. Impeller (?) was toasted. Clearly their fault so they fixed a cracked exhaust manifold/riser and gave it back to me. Boat spent the winter where air temps dropped into the teens, river never ices over. Kept a light on the engine and fired it up every few weeks. Never really checked the engine oil when I got it back from the shop, but now that I do, I see that's it's mixed with water. Guess the question is what's wrong (please don't say cracked block) and who's fault is it? In particular, is there water in there because it was overheated or did I not do enough to protect it from the cold over the winter? Or option #3 (which I'm personally pulling for) it's normal to have water in the engine oil and I'll have thousands of hours of continued pleasure with my boat without any more significant expenses."