Seen this with boats in a marina with poor shore power installation. But I think you’re suggesting she is not kept in the water. This being the case, surely a continuity issue between the affected area and the anodes.
If you hadn’t mentioned the ram areas being affected and only said about...
Got to be either as suggested earlier about cylinder head blown…or also as likely would be if it’s had water ingress from rotten manifolds…you can end up with sticking valves. For it to have 0 compression…it’s likely to be valve related, you’d think. Or total failure at the head.
I’ve tried and had a ballistic on two boats now. One one a 18ft performance hull v8 inboard and the other on a cvx16 V6 outboard. There is no denying that they can be bloody quick. But also that they can be frustratingly un reliable at being quick too. The stars and the moon need to align and...
Try it in the water first. These sometimes struggle to pull water up from muffs on the drive. I only know of one set of muffs it can manage it. Other than that…check the power steering cooler on the intake hose isn’t drawing air.
I’m sure there might be an old school way of doing it…but on an mpi like this and if you’re starting from scratch…as far as I know, you might need to put her into a base timing type arrangement first off with a rinda or similar. Then the whole between the two lines things etc. I’ve never had to...
Newer things around that age don’t have an option to grease routinely. Silly bloody carry on. Even the ones that did originally, now it’s a case of a sealed bearing only replacement, as far as I can see. I’m still on the original greasable bearing from 2003 when new. 700 hours. Greased a couple...
Hi. I’d firstly say that you can generally get an idea of what’s going on, even with the usual analogue gauges. But I’d also add, that I’d your engine is an mpi (doesn’t mention), the $200 vessel view mobile device is an amazing thing to have. Tells you pin point real time data and info from the...
This stuff you’re cleaning out the drains…you know that’s usually corroded metal ? As for a cold dry winter. Some can only wish for such settled winter weather. Doesn’t happen anywhere in most of Europe. I’d imagine the same for much of the us too.
Sure did. And a few others. I’m still not buying this. Are we thinking that a 4.3 carb on a 19ft boat, can turn a 19” prop to 4400 and 50 mph through a 1.47r ? Would be hellish bad to plane too.
Ah. So I might go back on myself here, with my last comment. Is this the old straight 6 170 ? If so, it may not be accurate, what I’ve said above. This would relate more to the 4 cylinder 171. That’s the motor I was thinking on. Apologies if so.
Less oxygen in there, when filled with a liquid. Be it raw water in summer or AF in winter. I firmly believe that almost all corroding of blocks and manifolds is done, when in cold storage and without a liquid medium in there to reduce the oxygen and cold corrosion. Perfect conditions for it.
Hi. I’d say that if your gps is correct…then I’d be almost certain your tachometer isn’t. 50 mph from a 19ft bowrider and a carb 4.3 is about as good as it gets really. About the Quickest similar boat I’ve been in was a regal 1900 with a 4.3 mpi and 1.6 ratio (I’m sure). That ran to around 52/53...
