thanks man . i got a great couple of friends helping out that know way more than i do about this stuff . GMCHEVYTECH on here is the main one helping . everyone needs to have a buddy like this guy anything he can do to help and he's on it . heck , the boat stays at his house in his garage .

Haha, man im ready to get that thing back together just as bad as you! Im ready to get back out on the water! But i would have to agree with REMEDY, look at where the piston broke. Its right by that water passage. Ill have a look again tomorrow at those gaskets to look for signs of leakage. And yeah definately go back with mls gaskets. All of the gm LS engines use mls style gaskets and we rarely see blown head gaskets.

Definition of the word boat... "A big hole in the water that you pour money into" or "Bring On Another Thousand" If it makes you feel any better I had to dump $3800 in to mine last year, Drive couplers, Shift Cables, plugs, impellers, Drive Oil, and labbed the props... only thing I had any choice on the the props. But you have a nice looking boat and once you get past the issues you will have a lot fun with it.

Hang in there!

Just busting your balls dude.

Yes you can replace 1 piston. If the rest are good thats what i would do. Just hone all 8 cylinders as I said and don't worry about getting every last mark out. It should only take a thousandth or two. This is to straighten out the cylinders and ensure good ring seating during break in. And it needs to be done in a sunnen or compare able hone with a torque plate. New rings and reassemble. Its hard to see water leakage from the head gasket. Its just a drop at a time while its running and the steam from it melts the corner of the piston off til its thin enough to break. Any good machine shop can fix u up on a deck and hone job. All the blue engines since 05 use Cometic MLS head gaskets.

See, he has you thinking you owe him.....but you're the ideal friend, the sucker w/ the nice boat and all the expenses haha. That's the type of buddy that we all need though.

Wow, no comment. I thought I had it bad. I will stop crying...

thanks for the input . calling the local engine shop tomorrow , told me in an email earlier should only be a week or so .

he is about the only friend i got willing to pay more than his fair share of the gas money . we also have to use his truck right now to go anywhere cuz i sold mine waiting on more $ to get a diesel

Haha your right! It is nice not having to worry about the expenses! But thats ok, im working on getting a money pit of my own soon! My time will come im sure!