Hello all.
I am the new owner of a '79 Newport 30. Sunstorm. I am keeping her at Bowleys Marina off of Middle River. I got her on the cheap and while the rigging is in good shape, the old direct drive a4 engine may not be. I bought a kicker to use the boat over the summer, but plan on getting the inboard back running over the winter. I will go into more details and ask whatever questions I need then.
The guy I bought the boat from made it sound like there are some overheating issues and some fuel issues that might not be that hard to address. All I have done is replace the impeller but that came with replacing a gasket on the heat exchange that didnt seem to stop the heat exchange from spraying water. I put things off at that point since I already bought the 9.9 kicker.
Anyway, this seems like a great group and I look forward to participating in more conversation on here and learning more about this engine going forward.
I am the new owner of a '79 Newport 30. Sunstorm. I am keeping her at Bowleys Marina off of Middle River. I got her on the cheap and while the rigging is in good shape, the old direct drive a4 engine may not be. I bought a kicker to use the boat over the summer, but plan on getting the inboard back running over the winter. I will go into more details and ask whatever questions I need then.
The guy I bought the boat from made it sound like there are some overheating issues and some fuel issues that might not be that hard to address. All I have done is replace the impeller but that came with replacing a gasket on the heat exchange that didnt seem to stop the heat exchange from spraying water. I put things off at that point since I already bought the 9.9 kicker.
Anyway, this seems like a great group and I look forward to participating in more conversation on here and learning more about this engine going forward.
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