Bad News and a Warning for Saltwater Boaters

parishht

parishht

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Well, ley me start by saying check you r engine often for saltwater intrusion into the cylinders.

:cry::cry::cry:

I kept having trouble keeping my 1990 150 Evinrude running this year,
I could start it on th ehose, but in the water it would die out.
I thought maybe something simple like dirty carb or fuel line clog.
I tried evrything and finally gave up and took her to the mechanic.
Well he scoped the engine and found that saltwater has been seeping into cylindaer 1,3 &5 for a long time and finally caused burn through of the cyliders.:sad:
He told me that he suggests to all his customers to have gasket replacement every 4 or 5 years to avoid this issue.
Well this explains a lot and this was probably happening for a while and now that I think of it, it explains why I noticed a loss of power last year and the year before.
Well, until I can afford another engine, I guess next summer will be a good year to do nothing but work on the hull and I think I may need to replace the transom, it is still pretty firm, but I have noticed some indentations around the engine bolts.

Oh well, next year will be fishing from a canoe and beach.
 
That sucks. well at least you have all winter to look for a replacement. Ebay can be a good source for something. I had a 150 Yamaha midsaction and lower but no powerhead. With some patience I found a fully dressed 225 Yamaha powerhead on Ebay. Just what I wanted. I'm sure you will come across something. Is your motor rebuildable? If only 1 or 2 cylinders need to be bored and the crank is still good you should be ok.
 
All three cylinders.

Rebuild = about the same as a good used engine.
New power head = about the same as a good used engine, for my year.
Looks like I am looking for a good used engine.

I would love to do it myself, but rigth now I am involved with projects at work that take me out of the country
every other month and when I am home, the honey do list is a mile long.
 
www.screamandfly.com will be your friend here. Since you say it's a 90 that should be an old style cross-flow engine which means you can swap in ALOT of different model powerheads from 150-235 pretty easily. You can often times pick-up a complete 150-235 over there or good powerhead for under $1K that has never even seen saltwater in it's entire life.
 
Sucks out loud...good news is it didn't strand you somewhere...

...anyway, Ferm's got ya on the right track!...and w/the deals they're makin' on new outboards these days, that may be a way to go...I had mine paid off in no time...:party:
 
Now that SKools is hitched, maybe you can convince him he needs to thin out his boating stuff since he's married now and get him to come off of one of his gems.
 
tough break parish, there is nothing time & money can't cure

put a bug in big shrimpin's ear and let him put you primo merc 2 stroke together this winter.
 
A good place to start looking for motors is craigslist.org and click on your city. This will give you a idea of expensive motors are in your area. Be very careful of what you buy and form whom.
 
Thanks for all the advice guys.

Really after being on this board for 4 years,
I have seen many a horror story.:oh:

Like MJ's lost in shipping engine, to (I believe)it was Skool's - E-bay warning.
I also aquired a really good list of questions to ask about the engine.
:news:



Lumber, and e-tec would be nice, do you know where I can get one for about $50......(hee hee hee)
 
hey lumber what's the address your boat is located at, lol hey once he post the address you can get one with the removal of 4 bolts lol.
 
That is interesting Nymack.

Hey Skool's wanna come with me, I'm making a trip to New Jersey,
I hear there is an e-tec on the back of a dually,
just sitting in the storage yard.

My schedule only allows for me to go Sunday after midnight, you in?
 
I'll go if Skools won't. You take the motor for your V....I want what its attached to. We are going to need an adjustable wrench, a flashlight, police scanner, and a 5 gallon bucket of fish blood.
 
heck if we take the whole rigg we can get a new motor a new trailer and a nice clean waxed bilge dually with a leak lol.


as for the sleeves not worth it, it would cost more than a good used motor, plus usually those blocks crack when you try new sleeves.
 
If you want to go Merc BS has a nice 150 almost ready and he is putting 3 other motors toghter Tell him what you have $$$ and I am sure he will be able to fix you up.

Good Luck
 
Hey BS, what you got?

Like I said before, I am not really serious until March or April,
but I may be able to swing something right after Christmas.
 
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