Trouterboy
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2010
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- 6
I've been having trouble starting my boat (Bayliner Capri). When I pull the plugs and run the motor with the starter a gray, thick gassy-smelling fluid comes out of the bottom cylinder. It coats the plug when plug is in. A little of this fluid shows up is on the plug/cylinder just above the bottom one but not nearly as much. Bottom cylinder takes in a lot of this fluid. I can only imagine it to be a mixture of water, gas, and oil as this is a 50:1 mix.
I hooked up the garden hose to water in-take hose as per manual to check for water leaking into cylinder. Seemed to remain dry after four minutes of running. No water was leaking out the cylinder at plug hole. I could hear the water moving through the motor fine. Seemed to circulate well.
I blasted out all the cylinders with air hose now - put small hose into cylinder. A lot of the gray greasy stuff came out of the bottom cylinder. Cleaned it out with air as best I could. Put it all back together again. Would not start. Pulled off bottom spark plug and turned it over. A lot of water came out this time. And it was clearly water. In big bursts depending on where the piston was positioned I guess. So obviously I have a problem. But I don't know the solution. Head gasket? Something else.
Many people slam Force motors on this site. Don't know whether it is worth putting in work. This is my first year with this boat. I love the boat and would love to keep it if repairing this would not be too expensive and would get me through a few more years.
Thoughts? Please share. Thanks.
I hooked up the garden hose to water in-take hose as per manual to check for water leaking into cylinder. Seemed to remain dry after four minutes of running. No water was leaking out the cylinder at plug hole. I could hear the water moving through the motor fine. Seemed to circulate well.
I blasted out all the cylinders with air hose now - put small hose into cylinder. A lot of the gray greasy stuff came out of the bottom cylinder. Cleaned it out with air as best I could. Put it all back together again. Would not start. Pulled off bottom spark plug and turned it over. A lot of water came out this time. And it was clearly water. In big bursts depending on where the piston was positioned I guess. So obviously I have a problem. But I don't know the solution. Head gasket? Something else.
Many people slam Force motors on this site. Don't know whether it is worth putting in work. This is my first year with this boat. I love the boat and would love to keep it if repairing this would not be too expensive and would get me through a few more years.
Thoughts? Please share. Thanks.
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