Engine Trouble

[csvencer]

The thing that pisses me off is that the oil injection didn't fail...it was me. I knew it needed oil but just figured I would wait for the damn low oil light to come on. What's it gonna set me back to rebuild that one cylinder? Going to call Ron in Portsmouth today or tomorrow and see what he says.

-Svence

[Skools Out]

in a shop my guess is least $950 and most likely will cost $2500 to $3000. The OMC owners manuals all say to check the oil before you leave the dock and everytime you fill with gas.

[csvencer]

Off to the shop. Cylinder wall is scored to hell. Pics...

http://picasaweb.google.com/csvencer/JohnsonCylinder#

-Svence

[evilgli]

OUCH! i recommend Newport Marine for a shop. keep us informed. that sucks and i'm sorry dude.

[macojoe]

I use to fill oil after each trip, why would you wait for the light??

that doesn't look to bad, but it will need honing, piston,rings, berrin. they also may be able to resleve it?? Nothing will be cheap, and might be able to find good used motor for less.
look for same year omc and you keep this one and have all the parts you will ever need

[spareparts]

yur repair cost and the decision to repair that engine will be based on the condition of the crank, if the crank is bad, its not going to be cost effective to repair that engine

[Skools Out]

easy repair that isn't bad at all. i've fix several that were much worst with honing and new piston and rings. New piston and rings set avail for your motor from Tri State Marine for $89.75

[garagenc]

You might try Airodine it's located at the airfield at Bowers Hill. They do machine work (and on marine products) They won't care if you fix 1 or all cylinders. BUT you want to check (visually and mic) all cylinders and look closely at the pistons/rings/wristpins/crank to make sure you don't have other problems due to low oil. You probably already know but I just had to mention it.

[nymack66]

I am sadden to see your engine got destroyed this way, Once again my thanks to guys on this site who convinced me NOT to connect my VRO and I was having doubts, I now know mine is never getting connected !
Once again sorry.

[THEFERMANATOR]

My question would be is why did it have zero compression? It looks rough, but not bad enough to be zero. I would have expected at least 20 or so from it, zero normally means a hole or MAJOR piston damage. I'm not sure on the EAGLE engines if you can pull a piston out without teardown, but if you could I would start off by pulling just the one piston and looking at the crank journal. The other BIG question is what other damage is there or waiting to happen? Not trying to be the bearer of bad news, just don't want to see you dump a $1K into fixing just one hole and then have it let loose on you on your first trip. At the MINUMUM you need to do a COMPLETE teardown and inspect ALL of your bearings for damage or small chips. I would expect you spend $2500 at a MINUMUM for a teardown and basic rebuild at a dealer on that engine. Most shops down here by me would rather sell you a new one than to build your old one. I know a trusted EVINRUDE dealer down here and won't give an estimate for less than $3500 on ANY V-6 to do a rebuild because you never know what you will run into once your in it.