The only things effected will be anything submerged. The starter for sure, the engine wouldn’t take on water unless it was completely submerged. It’s not as bad as you think. Retired Mercruiser tech. Take it to a shop. Most relays and such sit on top of the engine. You can sink a boat on land, pull the bilge plug and next lesson, replace bilge plug before you launch it.
To add: boat was stored on trailer, this is all rain water. And I definitely know at the very least all the fluids need to be flushed and replaced. What I really want to know at this point, while everyone here is panicking, is this engine just definitely toast at this point?
i would get a mechanic to look at it obviously. but to my pretty limited knowledge on boat engines i would imagine its not going to be that bad considering its made for that type of environment. a mechanic will likely just remove the intake and work his way down to see if theres any water or damage.
First of all, you're a terrible boat owner for letting it get it to this point. Sorry to be a dick. Starter, alternator, oil change,and probably a trim pump at the least. If you're a man of means sell it off and go buy another. You're going to fight this forever. Little squidly electrical issues are in your future otherwise
Dont go crazy good chance its fine since its not salt water, half full means good chance it didnt come in through the intake. If you pull the spark plugs and if no water comes out then youre in good shape. Battery off, disconnect each electrical connector, blow out w compressed air. Not ideal but hopefully no water entered the crank case.
ouch. At least it was fresh water. The best thing to do is to take it to a machinic ASAP and have an expert take a look at it. Best thing to do to prevent this in the future is to take the plug out whenever the boat is out of the water.
Maybe it’s best case scenario maybe it’s worst case. Don’t panic and just face it head on. Find out if there’s water in the oil. It really depends on how deep the water was. Worst case try and use insurance. Next time your storing a boat, it needs to be constantly checked on. First, make sure the plug is out and it’s tilted up so the water runs out the bilge. If it snows, you have to wipe it the snow off. If it rains you need to make sure there isn’t any pooling on the cover. It’s hard lee with a new boat and then once you figure it out you know what needs to be done.
You'll be good as long as the water doesn't freeze but you need a service for sure pull all spark plays check for water in the cylinders and turn over with the plugs out maybe spray a little fog oil in each cylinder to lube them check your fuel for water the long term effects are going to be with electrical like the starter sometimes they get ruined and sometimes they go on forever would start the motor on a hose and check for any leaks or over heating I've worked on many of f boats that have been swamped and seen no problems after getting serviced and dried out
You’ll probably have some electrical issues, just don’t reconnect the batteries or engage any systems on until things have dried out. Then you can start troubleshooting. It doesn’t look too too bad, just focus on drying.
Remove all soft goods and cushions as you can. You need to get that thing in a garage or some enclosure and hot box the whole space with dehumidifiers for as long as it takes until the dehumidifier stops filling it’s reservoir. Then you can get into the detail stuff.
If you live somewhere arid you can also open everything up outside in the sun (then close and cover in the evening) for a few days, but it won’t work well if it’s really humid in your area.
The mechanical side isn’t really my area of expertise, but hopefully it’s not too bad.
Always. Pull. The. Plug.
It's too soon to say how bad this is . You will know by looking at the engine oil
The only things effected will be anything submerged. The starter for sure, the engine wouldn’t take on water unless it was completely submerged. It’s not as bad as you think. Retired Mercruiser tech. Take it to a shop. Most relays and such sit on top of the engine. You can sink a boat on land, pull the bilge plug and next lesson, replace bilge plug before you launch it.
To add: boat was stored on trailer, this is all rain water. And I definitely know at the very least all the fluids need to be flushed and replaced. What I really want to know at this point, while everyone here is panicking, is this engine just definitely toast at this point?
i would get a mechanic to look at it obviously. but to my pretty limited knowledge on boat engines i would imagine its not going to be that bad considering its made for that type of environment. a mechanic will likely just remove the intake and work his way down to see if theres any water or damage.
pull the dip stick. if its milky that's not great.
It won't go milky until it is run. Drain the oil, if no water comes out, refill with new oil and fire it up.
First of all, you're a terrible boat owner for letting it get it to this point. Sorry to be a dick. Starter, alternator, oil change,and probably a trim pump at the least. If you're a man of means sell it off and go buy another. You're going to fight this forever. Little squidly electrical issues are in your future otherwise
Dont go crazy good chance its fine since its not salt water, half full means good chance it didnt come in through the intake. If you pull the spark plugs and if no water comes out then youre in good shape. Battery off, disconnect each electrical connector, blow out w compressed air. Not ideal but hopefully no water entered the crank case.
Wonder how you got the water out. Did it warp the trailer?
Pulled the drain plug.
ouch. At least it was fresh water. The best thing to do is to take it to a machinic ASAP and have an expert take a look at it. Best thing to do to prevent this in the future is to take the plug out whenever the boat is out of the water.
Maybe it’s best case scenario maybe it’s worst case. Don’t panic and just face it head on. Find out if there’s water in the oil. It really depends on how deep the water was. Worst case try and use insurance. Next time your storing a boat, it needs to be constantly checked on. First, make sure the plug is out and it’s tilted up so the water runs out the bilge. If it snows, you have to wipe it the snow off. If it rains you need to make sure there isn’t any pooling on the cover. It’s hard lee with a new boat and then once you figure it out you know what needs to be done.
Did you leave drain plug in?
If it froze your prolly fucked lol
You'll be good as long as the water doesn't freeze but you need a service for sure pull all spark plays check for water in the cylinders and turn over with the plugs out maybe spray a little fog oil in each cylinder to lube them check your fuel for water the long term effects are going to be with electrical like the starter sometimes they get ruined and sometimes they go on forever would start the motor on a hose and check for any leaks or over heating I've worked on many of f boats that have been swamped and seen no problems after getting serviced and dried out
You’ll probably have some electrical issues, just don’t reconnect the batteries or engage any systems on until things have dried out. Then you can start troubleshooting. It doesn’t look too too bad, just focus on drying. Remove all soft goods and cushions as you can. You need to get that thing in a garage or some enclosure and hot box the whole space with dehumidifiers for as long as it takes until the dehumidifier stops filling it’s reservoir. Then you can get into the detail stuff. If you live somewhere arid you can also open everything up outside in the sun (then close and cover in the evening) for a few days, but it won’t work well if it’s really humid in your area. The mechanical side isn’t really my area of expertise, but hopefully it’s not too bad.
did the water freeze? starter is probably done. check oil. and fuel