Decided to take my 1988 Bayliner Cobra out for the first trip of the year, to test the new gauges and just get a run in before I take it up country for my week long fishing trip in 2 weeks.
Long story short, water pickup tube popped off, boat filled with a *hit ton of water, and I ended up loosing oil pressure and the motor died.
It seems like such a minor thing, could have possibly resolved it and been fine, but in the moment I wasn't thinking too clearly and this is what I get for it. Panic kicks in and everything goes down hill. There is ZERO oil in the motor, but the water never ended up high enough to go in through the carb, so I am not too sure exactly what happened. So I will start the tear down to see how bad it is. I could put new oil in and see how/if it runs, but at this point I don't want to risk it.
My question to the people on here, what should I do now? Rebuild the same type of motor (one piece rear GM 350) or look at doing an LSx type motor swap. Should I look at replacing the OMC leg while I am at it, to a Volvo SX drive? Or Bravo 1/Alpha One... What are the OMC lower units good for HP wise before I run into issues with it?
Let me know some feed back...
-Cory
Long story short, water pickup tube popped off, boat filled with a *hit ton of water, and I ended up loosing oil pressure and the motor died.
It seems like such a minor thing, could have possibly resolved it and been fine, but in the moment I wasn't thinking too clearly and this is what I get for it. Panic kicks in and everything goes down hill. There is ZERO oil in the motor, but the water never ended up high enough to go in through the carb, so I am not too sure exactly what happened. So I will start the tear down to see how bad it is. I could put new oil in and see how/if it runs, but at this point I don't want to risk it.
My question to the people on here, what should I do now? Rebuild the same type of motor (one piece rear GM 350) or look at doing an LSx type motor swap. Should I look at replacing the OMC leg while I am at it, to a Volvo SX drive? Or Bravo 1/Alpha One... What are the OMC lower units good for HP wise before I run into issues with it?
Let me know some feed back...
-Cory
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