Bad News and a Warning for Saltwater Boaters

parishht · #1 10-25-2009, 06:58 PM

Well, ley me start by saying check you r engine often for saltwater intrusion into the cylinders.

I kept having trouble keeping my 1990 150 Evinrude running this year,
I could start it on th ehose, but in the water it would die out.
I thought maybe something simple like dirty carb or fuel line clog.
I tried evrything and finally gave up and took her to the mechanic.
Well he scoped the engine and found that saltwater has been seeping into cylindaer 1,3 &5 for a long time and finally caused burn through of the cyliders.

He told me that he suggests to all his customers to have gasket replacement every 4 or 5 years to avoid this issue.
Well this explains a lot and this was probably happening for a while and now that I think of it, it explains why I noticed a loss of power last year and the year before.
Well, until I can afford another engine, I guess next summer will be a good year to do nothing but work on the hull and I think I may need to replace the transom, it is still pretty firm, but I have noticed some indentations around the engine bolts.

Oh well, next year will be fishing from a canoe and beach.

captpete13 · #2 10-25-2009, 08:01 PM

That sucks. well at least you have all winter to look for a replacement. Ebay can be a good source for something. I had a 150 Yamaha midsaction and lower but no powerhead. With some patience I found a fully dressed 225 Yamaha powerhead on Ebay. Just what I wanted. I'm sure you will come across something. Is your motor rebuildable? If only 1 or 2 cylinders need to be bored and the crank is still good you should be ok.

parishht · #3 10-25-2009, 08:12 PM

All three cylinders.

Rebuild = about the same as a good used engine.
New power head = about the same as a good used engine, for my year.
Looks like I am looking for a good used engine.

I would love to do it myself, but rigth now I am involved with projects at work that take me out of the country
every other month and when I am home, the honey do list is a mile long.

THEFERMANATOR · #4 10-25-2009, 08:49 PM

www.screamandfly.com will be your friend here. Since you say it's a 90 that should be an old style cross-flow engine which means you can swap in ALOT of different model powerheads from 150-235 pretty easily. You can often times pick-up a complete 150-235 over there or good powerhead for under $1K that has never even seen saltwater in it's entire life.

reelapeelin · #5 10-26-2009, 05:40 AM

Sucks out loud...good news is it didn't strand you somewhere...

...anyway, Ferm's got ya on the right track!...and w/the deals they're makin' on new outboards these days, that may be a way to go...I had mine paid off in no time...

willy · #6 10-26-2009, 07:07 AM

tough nut Parish, you will work it out though I am sure, good luck my friend

jaycola · #7 10-26-2009, 11:36 PM

A good place to start looking for motors is craigslist.org and click on your city. This will give you a idea of expensive motors are in your area. Be very careful of what you buy and form whom.

parishht · #8 10-27-2009, 07:00 AM

Thanks for all the advice guys.

Really after being on this board for 4 years,
I have seen many a horror story.

Like MJ's lost in shipping engine, to (I believe)it was Skool's - E-bay warning.
I also aquired a really good list of questions to ask about the engine.

Lumber, and e-tec would be nice, do you know where I can get one for about $50......(hee hee hee)

Skools Out · #9 10-27-2009, 07:20 AM

hey lumber what's the address your boat is located at, lol hey once he post the address you can get one with the removal of 4 bolts lol.

nymack66 · #10 10-27-2009, 09:45 AM

Why not have new sleeves press in for $400 dollars? Click on OMC and download the PDF ..or call
http://www.advancedsleeve.com/marine.html