Want to preface this by stating I've never owned or worked on a boat before.
Just recently bought a 97 Four Winns with a Volvo Penta 3.0 engine. The boat wasn't taken care of by the PO. It was left outside uncovered etc. Simple repairs or maintenance I doubt was done. The only information I had on the boat is that it wouldn't start.
I could see immediately that the starter solenoid was rusted with some of the wires able to be pulled off. Took the starter off and saw that the housing where the starter was had water in it. Almost to the level of the starter. Unbolted the plate covering and let the water out. Checked the oil and it had water on the dipstick. Unscrewed the oil drain plug and gallons of water poured out. Oddly enough no oil though.
I've read and read about all of the possible issues and causes. So I took the riser off. It had a restrictor plate in between it and the manifold. The riser was also missing a nut. However there didnt appear to be a lot of rust in the exhaust section of the riser. Question 1. is would the missing nut allow the riser to be lose enough to allow water into the engine? Also the engine area is pretty oily. Question 2. Where could all the oil be? Bad rings would allow the oil to be burnt, possible leaks?
I then took the valve cover off and the top of the head didn't look that bad either. Rust in 2 spots. I think whatever the problem is it just recently occurred or there would be more rust.
The pic with one arrow shows where I believe the exhaust/water leak occurred. The pic with multiple arrows is just crud build up from the restrictor plate.
Thoughts Gentlemen?
Just recently bought a 97 Four Winns with a Volvo Penta 3.0 engine. The boat wasn't taken care of by the PO. It was left outside uncovered etc. Simple repairs or maintenance I doubt was done. The only information I had on the boat is that it wouldn't start.
I could see immediately that the starter solenoid was rusted with some of the wires able to be pulled off. Took the starter off and saw that the housing where the starter was had water in it. Almost to the level of the starter. Unbolted the plate covering and let the water out. Checked the oil and it had water on the dipstick. Unscrewed the oil drain plug and gallons of water poured out. Oddly enough no oil though.
I've read and read about all of the possible issues and causes. So I took the riser off. It had a restrictor plate in between it and the manifold. The riser was also missing a nut. However there didnt appear to be a lot of rust in the exhaust section of the riser. Question 1. is would the missing nut allow the riser to be lose enough to allow water into the engine? Also the engine area is pretty oily. Question 2. Where could all the oil be? Bad rings would allow the oil to be burnt, possible leaks?
I then took the valve cover off and the top of the head didn't look that bad either. Rust in 2 spots. I think whatever the problem is it just recently occurred or there would be more rust.
The pic with one arrow shows where I believe the exhaust/water leak occurred. The pic with multiple arrows is just crud build up from the restrictor plate.
Thoughts Gentlemen?