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boat motor submerged

Unread postby brkissl82 » Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:32 pm

So my boat capsized at our cabin while i was not there and the motor was under water for a few hours. Its just an old 56 evinrude but ran like a dream. Is it shot? What can i do? I pulled the spark plug and got most of the water out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: boat motor submerged

Unread postby MACHINIST » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:11 pm

Nope had this happen a few times.....dont ask!! Drain all fluids,even the lower end fluid and spray some WD40 in the cylinders so they dont rust up.Do this soon After fluids are drained and cylinder coated let dry for a day but not longer.Refill all fluids to the right level then hook up the gas hose with fresh gas.Dont install the spark plug yet.Spray a little WD40 in each cylinder to lube just as a precaution and pull the engine over till you get some gas coming out of the cylinders.Put it new gapped plugs and start her up.Thats what I did to mine when it happened and it seamed to work just fine for me.
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Re: boat motor submerged

Unread postby TallTines » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:36 pm

Spray some foging oil in the cyliners so they don't rust and drain everything and air it out
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Re: boat motor submerged

Unread postby brkissl82 » Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:00 pm

Thanks guys. Got my fingers crossed. Only problem is my dad went up there and pulled the spark plug but i havent been able to get there for the last 2weeks so im afraid rust may have already set in. My dad drained it but who knows

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Re: boat motor submerged

Unread postby Stanley » Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:54 pm

The absolute best thing is to run a submerged 2 cycle engine as soon as possible. Pull the plugs, drain the water out of it, and run it. You don't have to drain the lower unit, it is built to be submerged. You might want to run double oil. If it is an injected oil model, mix some oil in the gasoline also. Run it slow for the first half hour.
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Re: boat motor submerged

Unread postby brkissl82 » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:33 am

I will give it a try, im not to optimistic about it but its worth a try

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Unread postby oldrank » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:36 pm

Hope it worked out for ya.


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