jtkey wrote:
Welcome to the forum!
Sorry to hear of your troubles. I had a not too dissimilar experience with the new to me '08 318 this past year. I purchased in December under a good survey and sea trial and put her right to sleep for the winter. In the spring, she woke up to two bad raw water pumps that had the protruding shaft issue. Basically, I launched and immediately hauled that day and was out for a couple weeks. Not nearly as bad as a thrown rod, but still a bout of bad luck. I enjoyed the rest of the season trouble free.
Anyhow, all is fixable and you're hopefully enjoying your new boat!
I guess that is the risk we take with buying a used boat. I still feel like I'm ahead of the game as we got the boat for a decent price. Also, the lessons learned from this experience have been invaluable. I was able to save quite a bit by doing most of the work myself. Overall, the engine swap only cost about 6 hours of labor from the guys at the boatyard.
I'm not familiar with the protruding shaft issue, can anybody filled me in on that one?
For anybody interested, we got the boat back on the water this weekend. I was extremely anxious about the initial water tests as we have a lot of money, time, and effort invested in the engine at this point. Definitely had sweaty palms all morning before getting to the boat. Had about a 20 mile trip from the boatyard back to the marina, and both engines handled perfectly.
We put about five hours on the engine this weekend (following the break-in instructions closely) and so far it is running great. The engine runs smooth and responds to throttle very well, and has no problem getting the boat up on plane. I was a bit concerned as the new engine has a tad higher compression than the older one due to the upgraded pistons. Was concerned that this might lead to a pre-ignition problem.
We are getting a bit of steam out of the exhaust of both engines (is that normal for these engines?) which we have always gotten but was hoping would be resolved after replacing all coolers and risers. It does seem like there is less steam now than there was before.
Both engines heat up to about 170 - 175 and stay right on that mark. This is a big improvement as before both engines would heat up to about 190 when on plane, due to poor raw water flow.
The plan now is to change the oil at the 20 hour mark. The engine will be considered 'broken in' after 25 hours.
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