Hellow to all dear gurus!
Looking for opinions on condition of outdrive i have, based on pictures of oil and magnet.
Now, in ideal world ofcourse it would be great to rebuild as soon as anything is wrong. But in that same world - i wouldn't be owning a 16 year old Capri
So, I have a 1999 Mercruiser 3.0 with Alpha 1, have put 30 hours on it past summer, after oil change. ALl hours - wakeboarding, so lots of starts.
And this is what I found when changing oil.
1 - Some shavings, nohing feels to fingers, all very thin. Is amount reasonable for 30 hours of wakeboaring use?
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/magnet_zpsd0ky1lxj.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/shavings_zpsuypvnzcb.jpg
2 - Definite water presense in oil - white-ish streaks in oil as I drain, from start to empty. ALso some white residue on the bottom of oil reservour in engine compartment. on scale of 1 to 10 of badness - how bad is this?
I was not planning on rebuild just yet.
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/oil_zpsvwduqkdp.jpg
Thanks!
Looking for opinions on condition of outdrive i have, based on pictures of oil and magnet.
Now, in ideal world ofcourse it would be great to rebuild as soon as anything is wrong. But in that same world - i wouldn't be owning a 16 year old Capri
So, I have a 1999 Mercruiser 3.0 with Alpha 1, have put 30 hours on it past summer, after oil change. ALl hours - wakeboarding, so lots of starts.
And this is what I found when changing oil.
1 - Some shavings, nohing feels to fingers, all very thin. Is amount reasonable for 30 hours of wakeboaring use?
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/magnet_zpsd0ky1lxj.jpg
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/shavings_zpsuypvnzcb.jpg
2 - Definite water presense in oil - white-ish streaks in oil as I drain, from start to empty. ALso some white residue on the bottom of oil reservour in engine compartment. on scale of 1 to 10 of badness - how bad is this?
I was not planning on rebuild just yet.
http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa390/stunt822/Boat/oil_zpsvwduqkdp.jpg
Thanks!