My Son's father, who lives in California, sent a 28' Cobalt boat with a 7.4 L Mercruiser V8, freshwater cooled boat to us in KY, because there is sadly not enough water for him to use the boat.
I have no knowledge in boating and would have preferred not to have this responsibility, but here I am.
My son took it out for the first time last weekend with his friends, and we experienced our first issue. One of the 5 water drain plugs had not been put in and the motor got hot.
After an extensive search, I found the plug location. Wanting to make sure all the other plugs were in and working correctly, I poured water down the water intake hoses, next to the smaller hoses going to the manifold.
I heard the water dripping from the back area of engine and found it was draining from a threaded hole on the bottom Starboard side. I couldn't see it well, but believe it was attached to the manifold.
I searched through the 1027 page manual, and while learning a lot, I did not find any reference or schematics to this area.
If anyone could please school me about this hole, if it does require a plug, and if so, its size and material (brass?), I would forever be grateful!
Any other info or advice for a new boat owner is awesomely appreciated as well.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
I have no knowledge in boating and would have preferred not to have this responsibility, but here I am.
My son took it out for the first time last weekend with his friends, and we experienced our first issue. One of the 5 water drain plugs had not been put in and the motor got hot.
After an extensive search, I found the plug location. Wanting to make sure all the other plugs were in and working correctly, I poured water down the water intake hoses, next to the smaller hoses going to the manifold.
I heard the water dripping from the back area of engine and found it was draining from a threaded hole on the bottom Starboard side. I couldn't see it well, but believe it was attached to the manifold.
I searched through the 1027 page manual, and while learning a lot, I did not find any reference or schematics to this area.
If anyone could please school me about this hole, if it does require a plug, and if so, its size and material (brass?), I would forever be grateful!
Any other info or advice for a new boat owner is awesomely appreciated as well.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
