q7myfirstboat
Seaman
- Joined
- May 31, 2016
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- 64
Put in 5, but suppose I didn't get it all sucked out it where my issue lies.
I am concerned about your milky oil in the bilge that you briefly mentioned. That combined with the overfilled oil. Usually that means that water is making its way into parts of your engine where it shouldn't be.
Before you get to far, you need to figure out where that milky oil came from.
The engine oil is clear as can be too. That boggled me as well, but never happened again. Prior to, I had cleaned everything with the hose, so not really sure where it originated from.
Another part I forgot to mention, not sure if it's normal or not, but the left manifold {while looking towards stern) was hot to the touch while the right was cool as the lake water.
Checking compression next and if it passes, and plugs look bad, I'll replace...I apologize for I have not read the entire post...but have you changed the spark plugs?
Properly winterized engines usually come back to life normally, in most cases anyway. If the boat ran well the previous season and now it dosent , something happened or was overlooked at the end of the season. Was there any issue prior to winterization?
What does this mean? Last year, I put on a 4 blade 19 pitch and replaced the bearings with it.
Does the prop turn freely in neutral or do you need 2 hands to turn it?
I get the feeling your leaving something out from your story.
Checking compression next and if it passes, and plugs look bad, I'll replace...
Good to know, I'll just replace plugs for the hell of it while checking compression.... Got them for 17 bucks at summit today....FYI, I once had similar issues...Boat ran fine one season...winterized and sat up all winter. Next season, boat cranked on 3rd turn of the key and ran like a top on the flusher. Got to the lake and the boat wouldn't get over 10-15 MPH...Like you, I expected the worst, hit the internet and spent hours checking all sorts of things like anti-siphon valves and fuel pumps and carbs....
Two of the 4 plugs were dead, but they "Looked Good" ....
I took it off, all is good.sounds like a spun hub
Alright folks, what do you think? After last post, I decided to pull prop again and check everything I could..... this is rubber piece fairly big....assuming nothing should be in here, correct? Exhaust was restricted a lot I would suppose.