Coming back to port from a 8hr sail in rough conditions, I flipped on the engine to get into port. We ran it for about 15 mins until my wife went down below briefly and said she smelled burning metal.
Flipped off the engine immediately and a bit of smoke billowed out of the engine compartment. Saw a bunch of oil in the bilge and immediate realized I had been running the engine with almost no oil. it had all leaked out via the oil pressure sending unit.
Next day, crossing my fingers, I added about 3quarts to get it back to full and then started her up with no problems. Motored her around the mooring field a bit. Noticed oil burning out the exhaust, but everything else seemed ok.
Motored for about 30 mins before the oil pressure slowly started dropping over the course of 10 mins. Eventually it dropped to 10 and then to just above zero. So cut the engine and sailed back.
Part of me suspected my oil pressure unit was faulty so I ordered a new one to verify and restarted the engine. Again she started and ran immediately but oil pressure still reads almost zero and now there is a quiet but noticeable squeal coming from the block.
Is this engine shot?
Flipped off the engine immediately and a bit of smoke billowed out of the engine compartment. Saw a bunch of oil in the bilge and immediate realized I had been running the engine with almost no oil. it had all leaked out via the oil pressure sending unit.
Next day, crossing my fingers, I added about 3quarts to get it back to full and then started her up with no problems. Motored her around the mooring field a bit. Noticed oil burning out the exhaust, but everything else seemed ok.
Motored for about 30 mins before the oil pressure slowly started dropping over the course of 10 mins. Eventually it dropped to 10 and then to just above zero. So cut the engine and sailed back.
Part of me suspected my oil pressure unit was faulty so I ordered a new one to verify and restarted the engine. Again she started and ran immediately but oil pressure still reads almost zero and now there is a quiet but noticeable squeal coming from the block.
Is this engine shot?
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