Hello,<br />Did I really screw up or what?<br /><br />Last weekend, right after it rained for the first time in long time(LA,CA), I decided to take my kids for fishing. When I exited the marina(Marina del Rey), the swells were so choppy that I decided to stay within the marina for safety of my kids. While trolling for few minutes, my high-temp alarm went off(but I didn't know this at the time). I kept trolling for few more minutes and then my motor went dying sputtering. As soon as it died, it produced bunch of white smoke with smelll of burning. As I was investigating my motor, I see a plastic bag stuck on my water intake. There were lots of trash floating around the marina that day right after the rain.<br /><br />What a day. I finally got towed in.<br />When I took the cowling off, I saw rear of my motor's paint was yellowish and seemed fried.<br /><br />Did I learn not to ignore the warning BEEP!<br /><br />I did a compression check and had a result between 115 and 120 four cylinders. I forgot to mention. I have a 1990' V4 140 VRO(i disabled the VRO and mixed 50/1). It ran very nice and cool and beautifully before this incident happened.<br /><br />After realizing my stupidity, I would like to find out what I need to get this motor back to normal condition. When I got this motor few months ago, the compressions were between 135 and 140 between all the cylinders.<br /><br />If you have any insights about what may have happened according to my explanation, I would appreciate it. I'd rather expect the worst than find out as I go.<br /><br />Thanks.
