Hello all!
So as the title says I'm new to boating as in first boat & never driven one other than a sea nymph with 55 lb thrust bow fishing lol...so I bought this boat from my buddy for 850$ the hull and deck and vinyl seats are in great condition..its a 96' bayliner Capri 1850 ss with a 4.3 mercruiser and I belive the block had been replaced a few years back..
I have a good deal of auto and deisel engine knowledge and am a big DIY-er but nothing with boats. So here's my dilemma..
Last year my buddy took the boat out and had it idle for about 4 hours while he tied on one..he drove the boat in and it was idleing rough..after that he left it at a freinds dock and it flooded the bilge from the rain almost til sunk..he drained it and started it up ran rough again..he took it in and left the drain plug in and it filled again at his home...after that he had it winterized and stored..I have the paperwork for all of this..he took it out of storage and there's chocolate milk in the pan and he smoked the starter tryn to start it not knowing about the milk.
Thinking the motor was blown he sold it to me cheap for cash for a mud truck he's building..I've since then taken the Carb off and cleaned it ..no rust what so ever on Carb or block..I drained the oil pan via plug and had about a gallon of strait water come out first then milk total of about 4.5 gallons..tore starter off and took it apart and found the nylon ring that the orbital gears run on is stripped out but wasn't full of water or rust..
My question being what else should I check w a limited budget..I plan to flush the oil until its clear and get a starter rebuild kit or just the nylon ring if possible.
reading on this site for a while before becoming a member is where I got most the info and I'm hoping I'm one of the lucky few that didn't end up with a cracked block or blown heads/valves ect. What's a good test I can run to figure this out?
I don't know how to pressure or do leak down just cuz I haven't done them before but I'm sure I can Google that or search the forums
Thx fellas and Sry bout the long read but figured more info the better
So as the title says I'm new to boating as in first boat & never driven one other than a sea nymph with 55 lb thrust bow fishing lol...so I bought this boat from my buddy for 850$ the hull and deck and vinyl seats are in great condition..its a 96' bayliner Capri 1850 ss with a 4.3 mercruiser and I belive the block had been replaced a few years back..
I have a good deal of auto and deisel engine knowledge and am a big DIY-er but nothing with boats. So here's my dilemma..
Last year my buddy took the boat out and had it idle for about 4 hours while he tied on one..he drove the boat in and it was idleing rough..after that he left it at a freinds dock and it flooded the bilge from the rain almost til sunk..he drained it and started it up ran rough again..he took it in and left the drain plug in and it filled again at his home...after that he had it winterized and stored..I have the paperwork for all of this..he took it out of storage and there's chocolate milk in the pan and he smoked the starter tryn to start it not knowing about the milk.
Thinking the motor was blown he sold it to me cheap for cash for a mud truck he's building..I've since then taken the Carb off and cleaned it ..no rust what so ever on Carb or block..I drained the oil pan via plug and had about a gallon of strait water come out first then milk total of about 4.5 gallons..tore starter off and took it apart and found the nylon ring that the orbital gears run on is stripped out but wasn't full of water or rust..
My question being what else should I check w a limited budget..I plan to flush the oil until its clear and get a starter rebuild kit or just the nylon ring if possible.
reading on this site for a while before becoming a member is where I got most the info and I'm hoping I'm one of the lucky few that didn't end up with a cracked block or blown heads/valves ect. What's a good test I can run to figure this out?
I don't know how to pressure or do leak down just cuz I haven't done them before but I'm sure I can Google that or search the forums
Thx fellas and Sry bout the long read but figured more info the better
