recently aquired this boat at auction and is too late to run it.
boat was sold by marina to a guy for 9 grand and ran good durring sea trial. He picked the boat up next day and had problems first time out.
he told me the engine got hot and he was towed in. the marina replaced impellar and he tried it again.... Same result.
the marina said the would make it right and did a complete tune up and it still wouldnt run right. On the third time out, engine running rough, no rpm, mabe 3000 or so. He described an explosion under the cover and engine stalled. After getting towed back again the marina replaces exploded exaust hose on drivers side and cleans up mess. Guy gets his money back and marina goes tits up shortly after.
I purchased the boat cheap and it is in stellar shape engine problems aside. PCM 351eng. has 320hrs. but i detected some silicone around frost plugs.
engine still has points set up that i will change in spring along with examining raw water pump and clean out exaust system.
Im guessing that the timming advance may have gotten stuck and retarded timming caused high temp and exaust bomb to happen.
the oil is clean and there is no evidence of water in valve covers.
the guy told me that when he initially tried the boat that it ran 50mph and did not get hot.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Need to formulate a plan for the spring!