Good evening all of you,
I have been a member of this forum for a while, I read a lot on here but haven posted much since last year when I screwed up this boat I bought.
I have a 1993 190 Candia with an OMC cobra outdrive and 302 I/O motor. I had to completely rebuild the motor this year due to ignorance and laziness. I will post pics of all of that for others to learn from and see. For now I need a little help. I took the boat out to the lake this weekend to test out. A few issue stuck out. One is the Temp gauge reads 240 or pegged out. I took the wire off the sender and grounded it. It pegs out. My oil pressure started at 45psi at the docks. I rode about 2 miles and pressure dropped steadily from 45 to 0 psi. No knocking. Oil on dipstick was clean and looked to be in the good range. No oil in the bilge or all over the motor. I took wire off of sender and grounded it as well. Oil gauge pegged out when grounded. I am assuming these just need to be replaced. I rode back 2 miles with zero oil pressure and didnt have a knock and didnt seize up.
On to the really scary part. I noticed the Automatic bilge kick on and stay on for a while. Then again it comes on and stays on for a while. I look in the bilge and can hear water coming in. I pull to shore and back boat in facing into waves and anchor close to shore so I can get out. I trim up all the way and look into the bilge. Nothing is leaking, but there is a lot of water in the bilge. I pump out nd use my phone camera to take a couple pics. I asked my son to drop the out drive into the water and it was like a waterfall of water cam rushing in. I have attached a link to a youtube to watch. I am think bellows, but its to dark right not to see. I just wanted to know some opinions on the matter. Thanks!
https://youtu.be/G5xdizgrhRc
I have been a member of this forum for a while, I read a lot on here but haven posted much since last year when I screwed up this boat I bought.
I have a 1993 190 Candia with an OMC cobra outdrive and 302 I/O motor. I had to completely rebuild the motor this year due to ignorance and laziness. I will post pics of all of that for others to learn from and see. For now I need a little help. I took the boat out to the lake this weekend to test out. A few issue stuck out. One is the Temp gauge reads 240 or pegged out. I took the wire off the sender and grounded it. It pegs out. My oil pressure started at 45psi at the docks. I rode about 2 miles and pressure dropped steadily from 45 to 0 psi. No knocking. Oil on dipstick was clean and looked to be in the good range. No oil in the bilge or all over the motor. I took wire off of sender and grounded it as well. Oil gauge pegged out when grounded. I am assuming these just need to be replaced. I rode back 2 miles with zero oil pressure and didnt have a knock and didnt seize up.
On to the really scary part. I noticed the Automatic bilge kick on and stay on for a while. Then again it comes on and stays on for a while. I look in the bilge and can hear water coming in. I pull to shore and back boat in facing into waves and anchor close to shore so I can get out. I trim up all the way and look into the bilge. Nothing is leaking, but there is a lot of water in the bilge. I pump out nd use my phone camera to take a couple pics. I asked my son to drop the out drive into the water and it was like a waterfall of water cam rushing in. I have attached a link to a youtube to watch. I am think bellows, but its to dark right not to see. I just wanted to know some opinions on the matter. Thanks!
https://youtu.be/G5xdizgrhRc