chartersj
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- May 14, 2013
- Messages
- 281
My buddy just picked up a 1981 IMP x250 for next to nothing. The boat originally came with twin small block engines and at some point in its life was converted to a single gm 454/bravo one. When we showed up we found the oil to be milky, but he decides to go ahead with the deal anyways. At first we were thinking head or intake gaskets, but cannot help but think the block could be cracked as well. Previous owner claims he used it once last summer, and only started it on the hose once this spring. We havnt got the engine started yet, we both have been busy and the boat did not come with a battery. I guess we don't really know where to start with it, whether we should try to get the engine started first to see if we can tell where water is getting into the oil or pull the motor and tear it down to inspect the block and change gaskets...