Well, looks like I'll be paddling the kayak for a good portion of the summer.
Below are some pictures of the hole blown out of the side of the engine block and of the pieces of the motor I collected from the bilge.
The hole blew out on the port side near where the motor mount is and toward the front (forward) of the motor.
I'm trying to determine what caused this. Here are the events of the day:
The boat had been sitting for about 2 months with approx 5 gallons of gas. I added another 15 gallons on the way to the boat slip. It fired up immediately when we got it in the water. When I finally was ready to open it up, at WOT, it was only producing 3000 rpm and 10 to 15 MPH. I figured it was the old gas and that I would limp it along until it cleaned itself out.
Pulled into a dock about 10 minutes later. After 15 minutes, tried to start it and it would not fire (sounded like it wasn't getting fuel). The engine block was cool to touch and there were no over heating alarms at any time.
After an hour or so, it finally fired up. Got it back out on the ICWW and tried WOT. This time I got 6000 rpm. It sounded like it was back to normal...running like it always had. After about 15 minutes at a nice cruise speed (5000 rpm?), I slowed it down taking it over waves through the inlet to the ocean. We were nearing the last buoy when I heard a very hair rasing clank. I immediately turned around and headed for the inside. That's when I heard a bunch of metal and everything shut down.
Louis, Karl or anyone... I don't know if you may be able to get an idea of what went wrong from what I've written, but I'd like to figure something out because I have to replace the motor and don't want the same thing happening to the new one.
BTW - the wind and current pushed us into the beach where we were able to walk the boat, fighting the breakers, back into smooth water back through the inlet.
What a cluster#$%@.
Here are the pictures...theya are a little blurry but you'll get the idea:
Below are some pictures of the hole blown out of the side of the engine block and of the pieces of the motor I collected from the bilge.
The hole blew out on the port side near where the motor mount is and toward the front (forward) of the motor.
I'm trying to determine what caused this. Here are the events of the day:
The boat had been sitting for about 2 months with approx 5 gallons of gas. I added another 15 gallons on the way to the boat slip. It fired up immediately when we got it in the water. When I finally was ready to open it up, at WOT, it was only producing 3000 rpm and 10 to 15 MPH. I figured it was the old gas and that I would limp it along until it cleaned itself out.
Pulled into a dock about 10 minutes later. After 15 minutes, tried to start it and it would not fire (sounded like it wasn't getting fuel). The engine block was cool to touch and there were no over heating alarms at any time.
After an hour or so, it finally fired up. Got it back out on the ICWW and tried WOT. This time I got 6000 rpm. It sounded like it was back to normal...running like it always had. After about 15 minutes at a nice cruise speed (5000 rpm?), I slowed it down taking it over waves through the inlet to the ocean. We were nearing the last buoy when I heard a very hair rasing clank. I immediately turned around and headed for the inside. That's when I heard a bunch of metal and everything shut down.
Louis, Karl or anyone... I don't know if you may be able to get an idea of what went wrong from what I've written, but I'd like to figure something out because I have to replace the motor and don't want the same thing happening to the new one.
BTW - the wind and current pushed us into the beach where we were able to walk the boat, fighting the breakers, back into smooth water back through the inlet.
What a cluster#$%@.
Here are the pictures...theya are a little blurry but you'll get the idea:
