t0mmy91
Member
- Sep 11, 2023
- 67
- Boat Info
- 1999 sea ray 185 bowrider
- Engines
- 4.3l mercruiser with alpha one sterndrive
Hello all, hope all is well. this weekend i just purchased a clean 1999 sea ray 185 bowrider with 4.3l mercruiser and alpha one sterndrive. the previous owner passed away unexpectedly, and his daughter and son in law were selling on behalf of the mother. it ran great on muffs, i checked the oil and it was not milky. it was leaking water out the bottom into the hull, but i saw that 3 of the blue drain plugs were out, so i figured it was just that. i took it home and a few days later , installed the 3 plugs, realizing the remaining 2 were still in the motor, ran it at my house and it ran like crap with a miss, and now i have milky oil. it also still leaked water with the 5 blue plugs in, which i looked and found out was the casting (freeze) plug on both sides were pushed out. the one plug is completely out resting on top of the motor mount, and the other side was pushed out severly, but still in the block. i removed the manifolds, and there is no rust indication that they are bad, plus 2 of the 3 plugs that were out, 2 of them were from the manifolds. when i removed the rubber boots connected to the manifolds, all of the flappers were not doing anything, just pointing down in the tube, not sealing any water out.
my question is, besides a cracked block, is there any possibility that the water got in the motor crankcase any other way? like from the flappers not working, or would the majority opinion be that the block is cracked? thanks in advance for your help
the boat only has roughly 100 hours on it.
my question is, besides a cracked block, is there any possibility that the water got in the motor crankcase any other way? like from the flappers not working, or would the majority opinion be that the block is cracked? thanks in advance for your help
the boat only has roughly 100 hours on it.