Glastron_V210
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jan 28, 2009
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Re: First start after failure to winterize Merc 5.7l
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.
I pulled my father-in-law's 305 with 2 plugs popped out. I replaced the plugs and did a leak down test on the cooling system and it's fine. It's been running without incident ever since (3 years ago). 1 thing to note is use brass plugs to replace the popped out ones, seeing as it sounds like you're fresh water cooled (Automotive are the other choice and are short term in a freshwated cooled system).
You're on the right track with the mechanic checking everything out. Maybe it's toast and maybe not.
Chay
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.
I pulled my father-in-law's 305 with 2 plugs popped out. I replaced the plugs and did a leak down test on the cooling system and it's fine. It's been running without incident ever since (3 years ago). 1 thing to note is use brass plugs to replace the popped out ones, seeing as it sounds like you're fresh water cooled (Automotive are the other choice and are short term in a freshwated cooled system).
You're on the right track with the mechanic checking everything out. Maybe it's toast and maybe not.
Chay