vyv_cox
Well-known member
There is a page on my website under Engines about assessing condition.
There is a page on my website under Engines about assessing condition.
My advice would be to take the boat for a run and see:-
Does it start well from cold?
Does it run pretty-much smoke-free when cold (blue/grey smoke)?
Does it have grunt and push the boat along well?
Is there plenty of water coming out of the exhaust?
Does it sound ok?
Is it dry (i.e. no signs of oil or coolant leaking from the engine)?
If the answer to all the above is yes, then it's 99% certain that the engine is fine.
You are breaking the first rule of buying a boat to not see the engine started up from cold, even if the boat is ashore any decent marine engineer could get it running with water supply.
To just get someone to 'look' at it is a waste of your money so sorry either get the seller help to get it run up (as anyone else will also ask if they have any sense ) or walk away as there's a;ways another boat
Did you buy the boat?...Btw the engine started well.
Best of luck with that threads get resurrected a decade or more later....I'm regarding this thread as closed now....
Did you buy the boat?
Yes. Complete soon.
Did you buy the boat?
Yes. Complete soon.
Many thanksWoo, best of luck, hope it goes well!
I'd add to that does it overheat if ran hardMy advice would be to take the boat for a run and see:-
Does it start well from cold?
Does it run pretty-much smoke-free when cold (blue/grey smoke)?
Does it have grunt and push the boat along well?
Is there plenty of water coming out of the exhaust?
Does it sound ok?
Is it dry (i.e. no signs of oil or coolant leaking from the engine)?
If the answer to all the above is yes, then it's 99% certain that the engine is fine.