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Need a little advice or perhaps confirmation that I'm doing the right things (still mediocre with a wrench on my best days):
'72 OMC 165HP - Stringer - Chevy 250 I6
BACKSTORY:
Been runnin' the boat quite a bit this year and she's been going just fine. Went out on the lake late Saturday and pulled out of the marina - no issues. Cranked her up and took off on plane (not WOT) and within 15 minutes the engine shut down and wouldn't re-start. I goofed somewhere and wasn't paying close enough attention to the temperature gauge and it had overheated. Spiked over 200. :facepalm:
I enacted the tow service I decided to buy this year - which worked very nicely :thumb: (oh, and the new VHF handheld works too ) - and by the time we got back to the dock, the engine would turn over. Put it on the trailer and hauled it home. Tried it one more time and it would idle (had it on for about 5 seconds). Oil looks pretty nasty dark, but not milky.
TO DO LIST:
Stern drive is off and I'll get a new impeller - I'm assuming something happened to it. Not sure, but I was gonna' change it out this year anyway.
I'll check the thermostat and water pump and make sure I am moving water through the system.
I plan on doing a compression check to see if the head gasket is good.
Once I push some water through it on the hose, I'll re-check the oil and see if it's milky.
Oil change.
What else do I need to look at? I'm not sure what to check beyond the above. I don't wanna' go crackin' stuff open that I don't need to, but I don't wanna' kill the thing either. I've got a couple other projects I may take on while I've got her in dry-dock so I'm not afraid of doing a little extra to do things right.
Thanks in advance.
'72 OMC 165HP - Stringer - Chevy 250 I6
BACKSTORY:
Been runnin' the boat quite a bit this year and she's been going just fine. Went out on the lake late Saturday and pulled out of the marina - no issues. Cranked her up and took off on plane (not WOT) and within 15 minutes the engine shut down and wouldn't re-start. I goofed somewhere and wasn't paying close enough attention to the temperature gauge and it had overheated. Spiked over 200. :facepalm:
I enacted the tow service I decided to buy this year - which worked very nicely :thumb: (oh, and the new VHF handheld works too ) - and by the time we got back to the dock, the engine would turn over. Put it on the trailer and hauled it home. Tried it one more time and it would idle (had it on for about 5 seconds). Oil looks pretty nasty dark, but not milky.
TO DO LIST:
Stern drive is off and I'll get a new impeller - I'm assuming something happened to it. Not sure, but I was gonna' change it out this year anyway.
I'll check the thermostat and water pump and make sure I am moving water through the system.
I plan on doing a compression check to see if the head gasket is good.
Once I push some water through it on the hose, I'll re-check the oil and see if it's milky.
Oil change.
What else do I need to look at? I'm not sure what to check beyond the above. I don't wanna' go crackin' stuff open that I don't need to, but I don't wanna' kill the thing either. I've got a couple other projects I may take on while I've got her in dry-dock so I'm not afraid of doing a little extra to do things right.
Thanks in advance.