MXRoadster
07-21-2002, 12:45 PM
Here is what happened, yesterday I was out on the boat and we were doing about 55mph for about five minutes when all of a sudden it seemed like the boat went into neutral, it felt like someone hit the brakes and the rpms shot way up. So I pull the throttle back and shut off the motor, we then pull my buddy off the dash (he was in the back seat) luckily the only injury was a cut finger. I am really lost to what happened, there was not any type of warning, no bang or grinding noise to speak of, nor did we hit anything in the water. Afterwards I restart the motor and notice the water temp is about 210 degrees, normally she runs at 150 to 160 degrees. Now of course the drive won’t engage the forward gear and when I tried reverse the motor dies.
Today I went to drain the outdrive oil and when I removed the oil plug the oil spit out at me (scared the crap out of me too!). So the outdrive had some built up pressure and the oil seams to be burnt (the oil has maybe 4-5 hours on it). I did not find any metal shavings in the oil.
The outdrive is a Merc 260 s/n 6290238 (from what I understand is it is an early alpha) and the motor is a new 383 that is not even broken in yet. Does it look like the outdrive is shot and needs a rebuild or is it possible that there could be a quick fix. I have a Bravo One on the way but I don’t really have the cash for the transom assembly right now. I was hoping to swap over to the Bravo in the winter.
Thanks for the help,
David
And who is the jerk that said “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all”?
Right now I think I’d prefer no luck at all!!!!
Today I went to drain the outdrive oil and when I removed the oil plug the oil spit out at me (scared the crap out of me too!). So the outdrive had some built up pressure and the oil seams to be burnt (the oil has maybe 4-5 hours on it). I did not find any metal shavings in the oil.
The outdrive is a Merc 260 s/n 6290238 (from what I understand is it is an early alpha) and the motor is a new 383 that is not even broken in yet. Does it look like the outdrive is shot and needs a rebuild or is it possible that there could be a quick fix. I have a Bravo One on the way but I don’t really have the cash for the transom assembly right now. I was hoping to swap over to the Bravo in the winter.
Thanks for the help,
David
And who is the jerk that said “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all”?
Right now I think I’d prefer no luck at all!!!!