Swedefj40
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Hi from Northwest BC Canada, first post here 
First, a little about me. I have been on commercial fishing vessels since I could crawl (it's in the family) and now some 40+ years later I bought my first pleasure boat, (I'm an Electrician now btw).
I recently purchased a 1996 Campion Victoria 215 with a Mercruiser 4.3 and Alpha one Gen 2 and 2 weeks ago was the first run. It overheated. I changed the water pump and risers (which were really plugged up) and ran it in the driveway for a half hour and was a solid 165 - 170 F. Problem solved.
The wife and I went out for a run today to test run the boat and do a little salmon fishing as well. Ran great aside from a little bit of surging at idle while trolling so I had to troll around 800 - 900 rpm. No biggie. We picked up the gear and ran around some islands and did some sightseeing and headed back to port all of which took about 45 minutes at around 3700 rpm. Ran awesome.
So... I wanted to see her top speed and opened her right up. I ran it full out about 5000 rpm for no more than a minute and brought her back down to idle. She smelt a little hot, almost an oil smell but not really. Smelt more like burning electrical insulation smell. But there was nothing obvious. We idled around in gear for about 15 minutes (all was good) then went to take off and head back to the dock and right away I felt a vibration and noticed that the oil pressure gauge was reading '0'. I immediately shut the engine down and popped the cover. There was a noticeable smoke coming from the engine. It was not hot at all nor was there any oil leaks that I could see. Bilge was good, just a little bit of water and no oil sheen at all. I noticed that the dip stick was out a little bit with a few drops of oil around the tube but that's it. Lots of oil in the pan too. Finally I went to try it again, started it up, put it in gear looked at the gauges and noticed that the Tachometer was being erratic and still no oil pressure so I shut it down again and limped home on the kicker.
So all you experts out there what's the issue? My experience with small boats like this is nil but I'm mechanically inclined and I'm not afraid to tear into something if need be but I just don't know these motors. Someone steer me in the right direction.
First, a little about me. I have been on commercial fishing vessels since I could crawl (it's in the family) and now some 40+ years later I bought my first pleasure boat, (I'm an Electrician now btw).
I recently purchased a 1996 Campion Victoria 215 with a Mercruiser 4.3 and Alpha one Gen 2 and 2 weeks ago was the first run. It overheated. I changed the water pump and risers (which were really plugged up) and ran it in the driveway for a half hour and was a solid 165 - 170 F. Problem solved.
The wife and I went out for a run today to test run the boat and do a little salmon fishing as well. Ran great aside from a little bit of surging at idle while trolling so I had to troll around 800 - 900 rpm. No biggie. We picked up the gear and ran around some islands and did some sightseeing and headed back to port all of which took about 45 minutes at around 3700 rpm. Ran awesome.
So... I wanted to see her top speed and opened her right up. I ran it full out about 5000 rpm for no more than a minute and brought her back down to idle. She smelt a little hot, almost an oil smell but not really. Smelt more like burning electrical insulation smell. But there was nothing obvious. We idled around in gear for about 15 minutes (all was good) then went to take off and head back to the dock and right away I felt a vibration and noticed that the oil pressure gauge was reading '0'. I immediately shut the engine down and popped the cover. There was a noticeable smoke coming from the engine. It was not hot at all nor was there any oil leaks that I could see. Bilge was good, just a little bit of water and no oil sheen at all. I noticed that the dip stick was out a little bit with a few drops of oil around the tube but that's it. Lots of oil in the pan too. Finally I went to try it again, started it up, put it in gear looked at the gauges and noticed that the Tachometer was being erratic and still no oil pressure so I shut it down again and limped home on the kicker.
So all you experts out there what's the issue? My experience with small boats like this is nil but I'm mechanically inclined and I'm not afraid to tear into something if need be but I just don't know these motors. Someone steer me in the right direction.
