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The boat sank in fresh water, engines were not running. 2 days later it was craned out and sat on land untouched for a month. They are 2002 mercruiser 6.1 mpi's with 535 hrs on them. I'm guessing they are salvageable. What should I do to get them running again? I would think remove the oil pan...
When I pulled the hoses off the fresh water pump winterizing antifreeze came out of both of them. You can see the condition of the impeller. I managed to find 4 of the 6 missing blades, the other 2 must have made their way into the block. After putting it all together I let it idle up to...
I removed the manifold on the side that had the cylinder full of water. Only one port had a bit of rust and that was probably just from waher siting in it for a couple days. I plugged the drain plug in the manifold and filled the water jackets. It sat like that all day and the exhaust ports...
I put the boat in the water started it up and ran fine for 15 min until I was tied up in my slip. An hour later I started it up again and 1 engine was running rough. I rev'ed it at 2000 rpm to "blow it out" but the temp went up to 200 so I shut it down. After that it wouldn't turn over.
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