Hi, I own a beautiful wood commercial fishing vessel with unfortunate circumstances. I will tell you its story and where I think I should start. First, I want to get more info/ideas before I get too dirty and make things worse.
Last april the bilge quit (power outage) and I was out of town. When I came back, the water was up 1/3 of the way to the starter motor and oil was everywhere . I got the bilges working and had a friend help me pull and replace the starter. I changed the engine oil as well but saw no evidence of water in the engine oil. Until recently, I as baffled as to where the oil came from.
The new starter worked fine and I used the boat problem free until May. But took on a job as a charter captain(fast outboard hull) and left the boat to my wife to check on as I don't get days off of free time with this job.
In mid-June my wife said the engine would not start. My friend came down and said it was the starter.
When he took the starter off, carmel colored oil and water poured out and it was obviously seized. i had no time to even think about the boat until recently.
A week ago I looked at the fly wheel because the starter was off and it look highly corroded. I sprayed it with corrosion X. then put A completely new starter on and the engine was obviously not going to turn and i could not manually turn it either with a wrench.
Here are three things I can think of.
1.The engine oil is still beautiful, but I just discovered my twin disc oil is like the color of carmel house paint(this is why I was seeing oil in the bilge). Could a seized bearing prevent the engine from turning.? Obviously my twin disc transmition is done for
2. I never saw water in the engine oil. but i am assuming a piston could still be seized. Am I better learning to take the cover off first ? Yikes!
Not sure where to start. I have read online articles that a suggest finding what part is seized and use a penitrant like marvel Mystery oil and work the part back and forth for weeks. Just not sure where that seized part is. The saltwater seemed to get in the starter, the flywheel, and transmission. Again no evidence of salt in the engine oil.
Hope this makes sense. I will clarify if need be. I just want a diagnosis at this point and will cry about money lost when the time comes.
Thank you!!!!! I am pretty new to this and all my ideas have came from the internet or talking to my busy uncle in law.
Last april the bilge quit (power outage) and I was out of town. When I came back, the water was up 1/3 of the way to the starter motor and oil was everywhere . I got the bilges working and had a friend help me pull and replace the starter. I changed the engine oil as well but saw no evidence of water in the engine oil. Until recently, I as baffled as to where the oil came from.
The new starter worked fine and I used the boat problem free until May. But took on a job as a charter captain(fast outboard hull) and left the boat to my wife to check on as I don't get days off of free time with this job.
In mid-June my wife said the engine would not start. My friend came down and said it was the starter.
When he took the starter off, carmel colored oil and water poured out and it was obviously seized. i had no time to even think about the boat until recently.
A week ago I looked at the fly wheel because the starter was off and it look highly corroded. I sprayed it with corrosion X. then put A completely new starter on and the engine was obviously not going to turn and i could not manually turn it either with a wrench.
Here are three things I can think of.
1.The engine oil is still beautiful, but I just discovered my twin disc oil is like the color of carmel house paint(this is why I was seeing oil in the bilge). Could a seized bearing prevent the engine from turning.? Obviously my twin disc transmition is done for
2. I never saw water in the engine oil. but i am assuming a piston could still be seized. Am I better learning to take the cover off first ? Yikes!
Not sure where to start. I have read online articles that a suggest finding what part is seized and use a penitrant like marvel Mystery oil and work the part back and forth for weeks. Just not sure where that seized part is. The saltwater seemed to get in the starter, the flywheel, and transmission. Again no evidence of salt in the engine oil.
Hope this makes sense. I will clarify if need be. I just want a diagnosis at this point and will cry about money lost when the time comes.
Thank you!!!!! I am pretty new to this and all my ideas have came from the internet or talking to my busy uncle in law.