rajjes
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I finally launched the boat after a couple of years in the hard during which I fitted an overhauled Kubota 2 cyl engine. I had started the engine several times on shore without any trouble (without engaging gear). Upon launching I started the engine, and tested engaging gear which worked ok apart from a sort of rumbling noise. After this, I left the engine on neutral, however the engine died a few minutes later. I now cannot start the engine and it is very hard to turn. With new batteries it barely turns, whereas before it used to spin smoothly. Obviously this very much longed for day turned out to be a dismal affair, with a tow required for the mooring ;(
At the moment I have 2 theories of what could have happened:
1. Something horrible happened in the gearbox (could this be even if the engine died in neutral?)
2 The engine seized due to lack of oil as I started up on an inclined slipway. I’m not too sure of this as the slipway is not steep and the oil pressure alarm did not switch on.
What approach would you recommend to drill down the problem, any other ideas what could have happened?
At the moment I have 2 theories of what could have happened:
1. Something horrible happened in the gearbox (could this be even if the engine died in neutral?)
2 The engine seized due to lack of oil as I started up on an inclined slipway. I’m not too sure of this as the slipway is not steep and the oil pressure alarm did not switch on.
What approach would you recommend to drill down the problem, any other ideas what could have happened?
