Let Me Tell You About My Stinkin Day!!!!!!!!!
11-15-2004, 06:53 PM
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Re: Let Me Tell You About My Stinkin Day!!!!!!!!!
Okay, so you're an experienced boater.
And it got up to stable operating temp at the ramp.
So you went out and ran it at 4200rpm for a while and did a few holeshots.
Ever occur to you to check oil level and purity after a little running? A salt boat can have all sorts of issues that can end up with water in the oil. Do you know if the boat had been winterized properly? All sorts of things can happen in a short amount of time from a cracked block, oil cooler, or bad exhaust riser.
Sounds like the boat was a pure trash heap before you touched it.
Glad it split a gut before you paid for it.
And I'm not aiming this at you mobilcal so don't fluff up over it:
But this is a good time to remind everybody not to let your boat go on a test ride unless you are in it. In this case, it was an experienced operator in a crappy boat. But next time it could be a crappy operator test driving YOUR boat that is for sale. And the end result could be the same.
And it got up to stable operating temp at the ramp.
So you went out and ran it at 4200rpm for a while and did a few holeshots.
Ever occur to you to check oil level and purity after a little running? A salt boat can have all sorts of issues that can end up with water in the oil. Do you know if the boat had been winterized properly? All sorts of things can happen in a short amount of time from a cracked block, oil cooler, or bad exhaust riser.
Sounds like the boat was a pure trash heap before you touched it.
Glad it split a gut before you paid for it.
And I'm not aiming this at you mobilcal so don't fluff up over it:
But this is a good time to remind everybody not to let your boat go on a test ride unless you are in it. In this case, it was an experienced operator in a crappy boat. But next time it could be a crappy operator test driving YOUR boat that is for sale. And the end result could be the same.
11-15-2004, 08:49 PM
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Re: Let Me Tell You About My Stinkin Day!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Reed Jensen
Things could have been worse... This was in the San Pedro Channel yesterday............ 
Good thing everyone was okay. Earlier that day when they got to Catalina......
11-16-2004, 11:14 AM
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Re: Let Me Tell You About My Stinkin Day!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by mcollinstn
Okay, so you're an experienced boater.
And it got up to stable operating temp at the ramp.
So you went out and ran it at 4200rpm for a while and did a few holeshots.
Ever occur to you to check oil level and purity after a little running? A salt boat can have all sorts of issues that can end up with water in the oil. Do you know if the boat had been winterized properly? All sorts of things can happen in a short amount of time from a cracked block, oil cooler, or bad exhaust riser.
Sounds like the boat was a pure trash heap before you touched it.
Glad it split a gut before you paid for it.
And I'm not aiming this at you mobilcal so don't fluff up over it:
But this is a good time to remind everybody not to let your boat go on a test ride unless you are in it. In this case, it was an experienced operator in a crappy boat. But next time it could be a crappy operator test driving YOUR boat that is for sale. And the end result could be the same.
And it got up to stable operating temp at the ramp.
So you went out and ran it at 4200rpm for a while and did a few holeshots.
Ever occur to you to check oil level and purity after a little running? A salt boat can have all sorts of issues that can end up with water in the oil. Do you know if the boat had been winterized properly? All sorts of things can happen in a short amount of time from a cracked block, oil cooler, or bad exhaust riser.
Sounds like the boat was a pure trash heap before you touched it.
Glad it split a gut before you paid for it.
And I'm not aiming this at you mobilcal so don't fluff up over it:
But this is a good time to remind everybody not to let your boat go on a test ride unless you are in it. In this case, it was an experienced operator in a crappy boat. But next time it could be a crappy operator test driving YOUR boat that is for sale. And the end result could be the same.
And I did check the oil before we launched but not during the trial...and I dont think it was winterized
11-16-2004, 11:17 AM
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Re: Let Me Tell You About My Stinkin Day!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by PhantomChaos
Good thing everyone was okay. Earlier that day when they got to Catalina......
