Engine Hard To Turn Over

aero3113

LoL, I wish I replaced them over the winter but with everything else I did to the boat, the total tally was getting pretty high. Was on the list for this winter!

reneechris14

Don't  forget you need to find that 1/2 of the flapper , may come put in the winter with the drive off. Found my wedged in the side of the drive on my 270.

aero3113

reneechris14 said:

Don't  forget you need to find that 1/2 of the flapper , may come put in the winter with the drive off. Found my wedged in the side of the drive on my 270.

Yea, I looked for it but with the boat in the water I couldn’t see much.

reneechris14

as long as it doesn't block the flow you can find it later.

aero3113

reneechris14 said:

as long as it doesn't block the flow you can find it later.

Seems to be fine, I’m not sure when it broke off.

aero3113

I changed the oil twice today. First time it was very milky, second time it looked a lot better. Hoping the third will be even better and a fourth change will be the final one.

aero3113

Crazy that it didn’t show on the dipstick at all.

PickleRick

Water sinks to the bottom. Unless its high enough for the oil pick up to catch it she probably wont mix.

aero3113

@PickleRick , when you ingested water, how many changes did it take you to clear it?

aero3113

My oil level didn’t seem abnormally high when I checked it the other day.

PickleRick

aero3113 said:

@PickleRick , when you ingested water, how many changes did it take you to clear it?

3 total changes but between  change 1 and 2 I flushed the engine with several gallons with a mix of 2 cycle fuel and diesel/k1.  I had the benefit of being on a trailer and it could drain right out of the hull.  

aero3113

So maybe I’ll be good with 4 changes...

212rowboat

It took me four... i had likely two quarts of water in mine... i let it settle and pulled the plug out... so long as ypu let it settle and drain off the water it isnt so bad and three or four changes will do it... 

However.... 

I'm ocd about it... i changed two more times, then ran the sixth change about three or four hours and did it again.  

PickleRick

4 changes is probably good. I used cheap on sale walmart oil and fram filters while swapping out.

aero3113

Yea, I wasn’t expecting to find as much water as I did. There’s a West Marine close to my dock, basically threw over $100 in the garbage with oil and filters. Will pick some more up at Walmart.

YYZRC

@aero3113 glad you caught this before it got much worse. Kudos to @212rowboat as well. 

aero3113

YYZRC said:

@aero3113 glad you caught this before it got much worse. Kudos to @212rowboat as well. 

You should change the thread subject, though. 

Yea, glad it wasn’t worse. And yes, thank you @212rowboat for the great advice.
@YYZRC I changed the title to the thread 👍

aero3113

The third oil change looked good. I took her for a hard run, got some fuel and pumped out the waste tank. When I got back to the dock I changed the oil one more time for good measure. 

aero3113

Does it make sense to use the boat with the port engine oil cap off? This way any moisture left over will vent out and not collect?

212rowboat

Nah.... moisture will escape through the crankcase ventilation. 

aero3113

I was just thinking that because I noticed it was collecting on the cap. It probably does that when the engine is shut down.