Hi this spring I replaced the engine block on my 4.3 after cracked block and now having all kinds of problems.
Engine was replaced before this season and ran perfectly all season, until hurricane Irene.
Before the storm I beached the boat and tied it to a tree. We are on a smallish pond and ramps are all private and decided to weather it out.
I had a cheap boat cover that blew around quite a bit but we really did not get much rain and the wind direction did not make much for anything of waves. Of course boats could have gone by and made big wakes...
A couple of weeks before the hurricane we had a lot of rain and my auto bilge did not work and the water was up over the starter.
But after that it had started right up though and ran fine a few times after that, no issues.
Parked the boat before Irene with all systems seemingly good. After the storm the engine would not start.
Starter cranked the motor once then seemed like battery went down. would click and sounded like it was engaging but motor would not turn.
Charged battery, same starter trying to work but nothing, no cranking.
Pulled plugs, took off belt, and could not turn the prop while in gear by hand at all. Not sure if should be able to.
Then I noticed the wires on starter looked a bit rusty pushed on them, cranked them, still nothing. Pushed prodded prop in/out of gear etc
About to tow to ramp to pull and gave it One last try and vavaoom, started right up. It ran seemingly ok but a little rough
but then under power realized had other issues. FYI, Now it starts every time.
So I suspect and am sure I have a fuel/carb issue.. After treating the very small amount of gas in tank, cleaning outside of carb from top, changing fuel separator, and adding a couple gallons of heavily treated fuel it ran a bit better, thinking like 70% of normal power. Carb seems like not getting secondary fuel and a bit of a misfiring sounding engine.
At this point there is definitely no water in oil dipstick and oil fill cap dry and clean. Looks good in there.
Then after a week and spraying the rest of the can of carb cleaner through the top and running it a bit I notice a bit of water and steam coming out of breather hoses to carb.
I pull off the oil cap and voila snotty oil on cap and seen on top of valves etc. Dip stick is still looking perfect but has only run about 20 minutes since all this started. And only a few minutes since noticing the steam from breathers. I pulled in to shore immediately worried about what is going on.
I am looking for advice and theories.
Maybe jumping the gun here but the motor is less than 6 months old. Bought from Center State Engine, Ocala FL and Providence RI and now looked at the warrantee which says you need to send in a card to register warrantee and proof of oil change after 10 hours or becomes a 3 month warranty. SO, since I am recently unemployed and broke this is a real stress test for me.
Thank you very much for any advice! I will be doing all the testing myself and likely don't have the testing equipment but have a lot of friends hopefully that might...
Engine was replaced before this season and ran perfectly all season, until hurricane Irene.
Before the storm I beached the boat and tied it to a tree. We are on a smallish pond and ramps are all private and decided to weather it out.
I had a cheap boat cover that blew around quite a bit but we really did not get much rain and the wind direction did not make much for anything of waves. Of course boats could have gone by and made big wakes...
A couple of weeks before the hurricane we had a lot of rain and my auto bilge did not work and the water was up over the starter.
But after that it had started right up though and ran fine a few times after that, no issues.
Parked the boat before Irene with all systems seemingly good. After the storm the engine would not start.
Starter cranked the motor once then seemed like battery went down. would click and sounded like it was engaging but motor would not turn.
Charged battery, same starter trying to work but nothing, no cranking.
Pulled plugs, took off belt, and could not turn the prop while in gear by hand at all. Not sure if should be able to.
Then I noticed the wires on starter looked a bit rusty pushed on them, cranked them, still nothing. Pushed prodded prop in/out of gear etc
About to tow to ramp to pull and gave it One last try and vavaoom, started right up. It ran seemingly ok but a little rough
but then under power realized had other issues. FYI, Now it starts every time.
So I suspect and am sure I have a fuel/carb issue.. After treating the very small amount of gas in tank, cleaning outside of carb from top, changing fuel separator, and adding a couple gallons of heavily treated fuel it ran a bit better, thinking like 70% of normal power. Carb seems like not getting secondary fuel and a bit of a misfiring sounding engine.
At this point there is definitely no water in oil dipstick and oil fill cap dry and clean. Looks good in there.
Then after a week and spraying the rest of the can of carb cleaner through the top and running it a bit I notice a bit of water and steam coming out of breather hoses to carb.
I pull off the oil cap and voila snotty oil on cap and seen on top of valves etc. Dip stick is still looking perfect but has only run about 20 minutes since all this started. And only a few minutes since noticing the steam from breathers. I pulled in to shore immediately worried about what is going on.
I am looking for advice and theories.
Maybe jumping the gun here but the motor is less than 6 months old. Bought from Center State Engine, Ocala FL and Providence RI and now looked at the warrantee which says you need to send in a card to register warrantee and proof of oil change after 10 hours or becomes a 3 month warranty. SO, since I am recently unemployed and broke this is a real stress test for me.
Thank you very much for any advice! I will be doing all the testing myself and likely don't have the testing equipment but have a lot of friends hopefully that might...