Coopnjaxdad
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I have a bit of a situation I could use some help with.
My marina left my boat with batteries off sitting at a dock for 5 days in rainy Florida. You can imagine what might happen. The boat is meant to be pulled at the end of every day, or next morning, when we get back to the dock. The crew was very busy and directed us way down towards the end where an open slip was. As instructed I cut batteries off and leave the key in the boat. The marina is responsible for lifting the boat, pulling the plug, flushing the motors and washing her down. f
Marina manager lied to me about how long the boat was in the water after telling me in passing that when they went to put it on a maintenance rack for me it took 45 minutes to drain. I was confused as to how it would fill with water while stored with plug out but I was busy installing new exhaust fans.
I started thinking about what he said and talked to the dock hands I tip well and they told me the truth, they forgot about it and only pulled it out of the water on Friday afternoon when it wasn't in its storage spot when I called to get it put on the maintenance rack.
After investigation I determined there was water in my oil on both engines. I pulled plugs cranked a bit in case there was water in the cylinders and there did not seem to be. I changed oil and filters. Checked all fuses and none were blown. I pulled codes with BUDS software and no codes were found.
I cranked a few times, no joy. Oil did not foam at all and I got codes on all 6 cylinders for ignition coil shorted to ground codes(P0351,0352,0353) on all 6 cylinders after first attempts. I cleared them, cranked again no dice. I then confirmed I had spark at all 6 cylinders.
How likely is it that water got into my fuel tank? I have good spark(best I can tell), strong crank but I can't get the engines to fire off. I plan to pull the intake hose and see if I can get a couple of seconds of run time on starter fluid with the injectors unplugged, if the boat will even let me do that. Maybe that would point me to a fuel issue? Everything looked ok in BUDs while we were cranking. I need to look closer at the sensor values next time I try.
I appreciate any tips or tricks!
My marina left my boat with batteries off sitting at a dock for 5 days in rainy Florida. You can imagine what might happen. The boat is meant to be pulled at the end of every day, or next morning, when we get back to the dock. The crew was very busy and directed us way down towards the end where an open slip was. As instructed I cut batteries off and leave the key in the boat. The marina is responsible for lifting the boat, pulling the plug, flushing the motors and washing her down. f
Marina manager lied to me about how long the boat was in the water after telling me in passing that when they went to put it on a maintenance rack for me it took 45 minutes to drain. I was confused as to how it would fill with water while stored with plug out but I was busy installing new exhaust fans.
I started thinking about what he said and talked to the dock hands I tip well and they told me the truth, they forgot about it and only pulled it out of the water on Friday afternoon when it wasn't in its storage spot when I called to get it put on the maintenance rack.
After investigation I determined there was water in my oil on both engines. I pulled plugs cranked a bit in case there was water in the cylinders and there did not seem to be. I changed oil and filters. Checked all fuses and none were blown. I pulled codes with BUDS software and no codes were found.
I cranked a few times, no joy. Oil did not foam at all and I got codes on all 6 cylinders for ignition coil shorted to ground codes(P0351,0352,0353) on all 6 cylinders after first attempts. I cleared them, cranked again no dice. I then confirmed I had spark at all 6 cylinders.
How likely is it that water got into my fuel tank? I have good spark(best I can tell), strong crank but I can't get the engines to fire off. I plan to pull the intake hose and see if I can get a couple of seconds of run time on starter fluid with the injectors unplugged, if the boat will even let me do that. Maybe that would point me to a fuel issue? Everything looked ok in BUDs while we were cranking. I need to look closer at the sensor values next time I try.
I appreciate any tips or tricks!
