StinkinRenken85
Seaman Apprentice
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- Sep 17, 2018
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after my trials and tribulations on my 181ci mercruiser 3.0 140 I have found out it has a blown head gasket. I ran it right after thanksgiving flushed it on muffs and noticed oil mixed with water pulled the head today and found the gasket blown with major water intrusion and a little rust on 2 of my lifter rods. My neighbor who is a mechanic tells me now is the time to finance an outboard. A local shop says they can rebuild the head for 175 give an extra 20-200 if it’s cracked. But my neighbor says that the bearings and other components in the block are submerged in water so even if I fix the head then the components in the block can go any minute...after hearing this I sprayed on blaster in it where the head once sat and walked away. Tomorrow’s I may pump the oil out and fill it with diesel a few times then with oil and maybe take the head to be rebuilt on Monday... do you all think my neighbor is right? The motor was running the other day for a few hours and ran fine at full throttle so could there still be damage in the block? What would y’all do. On top of this I work for the state outside the capital and there are rumors of shutting us down...being that I may be jobless soon maybe financing a new motor may have to wait a little while..any thoughts?