Heads have been swapped out over the weekend.
Fresh oil change and I'm still seeing some steam coming out, not from the crankcase vents but plenty when I have the oil fill cap open.
I'm thinking its two things.
The intake is cracked too.
Or it's just residual water from the last run.
so, a can of sea foam was put into the oil, and I ran it with fresh oil and a filter, then sucked the oil back up and a fresh filter went back in.
With the block drained, I also flowed the oil through the engine the best I could w/o burning up the water pump impeller.
I have one last part to change out at this point, the intake!
I'm also still running diesel oil 15w40, that stuff is supposed to have lots of zinc, and it's supposed to be a good overall engine oil for gas engines.
It's also super cheap and easy to find, so it's perfect whilst I keep changing parts out.
I swear, it's a curse.
I try and buy something nice, and it turns into a big project.
At least the seller made it somewhat worth my time with a partial refund.
I'm really trying to not keep track of the overall cost of this boat at this point.
But I'm thinking I'll probably need to have the intake checked/welded out or try my luck at a used intake.
If I went for the later Heads, I have a plethora of intake manifolds to choose from.
My dad also pitched in some coin into the "Boat fund", so now I
have to have this sorted by July.
There is a good chance that if I get picked up by a different company, I may not be able to make the family outing.
So, I'll need it as close to 100% as I can, and then I'll need to teach my dad how to operate the boat.
And I'm taking this as a learning experience to share with others.
Cracked block?
get a long block, don't screw around with it.
Right now, there is a nice complete outdrive (4.3) from a later MerCruiser.
$4800 and it comes with everything, engine, transom mount, outdrive, exhaust, everything.
More than I need, but the spares would be nice to have, too bad I already went the hard route.