- Apr 26, 2009
- 5,820
- Boat Info
- '97 330 Sundancer, Raymarine C80 suite with radar, Mercury 310 Hypalon w/8hp Yammie 2stk
- Engines
- 2X 454 carbs w/ vDrives
My first cruiser was also a 340. A great boat.
I don't think it was mentioned yet but that photo you posted of the engine room shows the style of exhaust prone to the water ingestion issues. They may have the proper risers installed, however, but that is not the "water lift" style muffler you'll hear referenced. All of that said, if she runs well and surveys well I would not lose sleep over it.
My '99 340 had the foredeck repaired for rot. Don't discount how expensive this repair can be should your boat survey a bit wet up there. It's very common, as mentioned. Dry Sea Rays of this age and size are pretty hard to find in my experience. Either they've been repaired, need repair or have lived their lives under cover
To be clear, the water ingestion issues were with the Horizon higher horsepower version engines that had the log style mufflers. They had different cam profiles that, combined with the log style mufflers cause the risk of water ingestion. If the boat has been used for 20 years, and is not a Horizon equipped boat, it should not be an issue at all to have the log mufflers.