Oh-no Drive issues
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I think they are Custom Marine, I will get a pic when I go out next weekend(gonna get cold all week I hear). We get bent rods a lot at work so that was the first thing I thought of.
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Also, I would think 70 is really hauling the mail in a 272 with that power. I would assume high 60's. What does everybody else think?
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They run 65 on a good day with all 8 cylinders participating, might get low 50’s on 6
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Im thinking blowen Head gasket, and #7 piston will have chunk out of it in the valve relief that is cut into the piston. Pull it and rebuild it.
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Once you determine whose headers you have, check the manufacturer to see what they charge to do a pressure test and inspection. I have Lightning headers and sent them in and had them tested. For the piece of mind it was well worth the money, I think it was $150 including return shipping. To get 0psi you have more than a blown gasket you may have a stuck valve. Based on how rich it's running that's probably the issue, too much carbon build up. If you bent a rod from a hydro lock you would still see some compression or it would have let loose. As far as the intake, depends on your water. I have aluminum heads and intake and after 10 years both are still mint. But I boat in really really clean water. I'd pull a head and see what you have for sure, you may get away with a valve job. I see lots of complaints of the MPI systems running rich. There are some good tuners on here, see what they can do for you. As much as I like EFI on my cars and due some of my own tweaking, I really like my carb on the boat. I once ran the batteries dead on my boat and it would only turn over one compression stroke. I still got it to start, try doing that with EFI.
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I will post detailed pics of the autopsy, I am still leaning in the bent rod direction, we should start a poll? Lol. My reasoning, and I have no experience with marine engines, is no water/gas in the oil, no popping out the pipes or the flame arrestor. It never ran hot. The boat did a GPS'd run at 65 hitting on 6 so the 2 "dead" cylinders are at least working enough that they are not causing parasitic drag on the motor- they are paying their own way lol. Cant wait to find out.
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Once you determine whose headers you have, check the manufacturer to see what they charge to do a pressure test and inspection. I have Lightning headers and sent them in and had them tested. For the piece of mind it was well worth the money, I think it was $150 including return shipping. To get 0psi you have more than a blown gasket you may have a stuck valve. Based on how rich it's running that's probably the issue, too much carbon build up. If you bent a rod from a hydro lock you would still see some compression or it would have let loose. As far as the intake, depends on your water. I have aluminum heads and intake and after 10 years both are still mint. But I boat in really really clean water. I'd pull a head and see what you have for sure, you may get away with a valve job. I see lots of complaints of the MPI systems running rich. There are some good tuners on here, see what they can do for you. As much as I like EFI on my cars and due some of my own tweaking, I really like my carb on the boat. I once ran the batteries dead on my boat and it would only turn over one compression stroke. I still got it to start, try doing that with EFI.
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I have a carbureted 524 that runs close to 90. If I could stop fiddling with it I could get more boating in. If you go with a carburetor, get the Daytona sensors ignition. It gives you idle control of EFI.
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Looks nice, does it plug directly into the mercruiser MPI distributor? I think your boat has a bit faster hull design than mine, but a reliable starting, excellent sounding 75mph boat would make me very happy.
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I will post detailed pics of the autopsy, I am still leaning in the bent rod direction, we should start a poll? Lol. My reasoning, and I have no experience with marine engines, is no water/gas in the oil, no popping out the pipes or the flame arrestor. It never ran hot. The boat did a GPS'd run at 65 hitting on 6 so the 2 "dead" cylinders are at least working enough that they are not causing parasitic drag on the motor- they are paying their own way lol. Cant wait to find out.