David, Ugh is right. Happened to us the end of June.
I had two options: Rebuild (which would take months) or Repower (less time, but more expensive). Since it's the end of the season, you may consider rebuild, but, as I was told, rebuild guys often cut corners and rebuilts are not always to specs. And in the end, you're getting repaired old engine. Therefore, I would advise the Repower. And I would suggest you talk to Farron at Beta Marine in NC. The guy knows a ton, will advise you along the way, sale or no sale. My new Beta 30 is a dream. Sure, we are having fish sticks instead of fresh caught and Chef Boyardee instead of Chef Ramsey for a while, but in the end, I think it's worth it. Good luck. All the best, Edd ------------------------------- Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-B C&C 37+ | City Island, NY www.StarshipSailing.com ------------------------------- 914.332.4400 | Office 914.774.9767 | Mobile ------------------------------- Sent via iPhone 6 iPhone. iTypos. iApologize On Oct 21, 2015, at 1:01 PM, David Pulaski via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Well this is a crappy way to end the season. Short story is, I'm 99% positive that I managed to get water in the cylinders in my Yanmar 3GM30F, and now have a hydrolock. Thankfully, the engine was not running when it happened, but I *did* attempt to crank the motor with the starter a couple of times before I realized what had happened. So now, I'm worried about significant damage from two angles: 1) Bent rods/crank/pistons? I'm inclined to think that the starter motor doesn't have nearly as much torque as the engine operating under normal load, so I'm hoping that my attempts to crank didn't permanently do any damage such as this. Thoughts? 2) Time: Unfortunately I can't get back there with tools and equipment to attempt to rectify the hydrolock until Sunday, which means the engine will have been sitting there with water in the cylinders for almost 4 days. It's mostly fresh / brackish water (boat's on a mooring in a river mouth). Chances of corrosion in the cylinders requiring a teardown? Anyone have any experiences with hydrolocks they'd care to share? Ugh... _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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