water/oil pouring our oil fill hole

[Mdoll]

Thank you for all the help everyone. Boat moved under it's own power and no water signs in the block.

Couple of oil changes and we will be all good to go.

I can't thank you all enough for you help working through this.

All the best,
Michelle
Folie - 38' Hughes

[ArtJ]

Originally Posted by Mdoll

Ok set the timing and it is running again. Idles good with good water flow out the back. Still steaming a lot. But oil didn't rise in level. Haven't re tested the block yet, wanted to get the timing back set.

The guy scraped the sailboat, but the engine was in a crate in the barn (not installed)

The water could possibly been high enough to catch the edge of the flywheel, never thought of that. Thanks Maybe it was water then engine instead of other way around.

Really appreciate you all I'm in fresh water right now on the St Lawrence just south of Montreal in Ontario.

Going to do some more testing, will let you know the outcomes.

Michelle

Just a minor after thought. Engines originally supplied in Canada were
called "Stevedore" version and had a Restriction in the Carb to reduce
the horsepower. It might be worth a quick check to see if you have
this horsepower robbing "feature" and replace it with a "normal version"

Not likely, but worth a check check anyways

[joe_db]

We have an engine that was either filling the boat up with water and filling itself or the boat was leaking and flooding the engine and now it just stopped without anything being fixed
I would really want to find out why!

[edwardc]

Originally Posted by joe_db

We have an engine that was either filling the boat up with water and filling itself or the boat was leaking and flooding the engine and now it just stopped without anything being fixed
I would really want to find out why!

A very wise engineer once told me "Problems that go away by themselves usually come back by themselves".

[Dave Neptune]

I'm with Joe, what happened to fix it? Happy to hear all is well and remember what Ed said about problems that "go away".

Dave Neptune

[romantic comedy]

This has been an unsatisfying thread. We heard about a "new" atomic four, and no details. I am sure there are many of us perplexed.

Now we have an engine that just healed itself.

Good for the boat, frustrating for our inquiring minds.

[joe_db]

Fixed that for you.

Originally Posted by edwardc

A very wise engineer once told me "Problems that go away by themselves usually come back by themselves while aimed at a closed bridge with wind and current on your stern or with your mother-in-law onboard and in a hurry to get home".