HELP! swamped motors

[jisbell9]

So here's the situation I need help with. On the 23rd my boat capsized outside of Tillamook Bay. Both motors we completely submergered for a couple of hours. The boat sat on the trailer for one day. The next day I pulled the plugs and drained the water from the cylinders and sprayed copious amounts of WD 40 inside each cylinder. I drained the oil (and water) from the 4 stroke kicker, bled the fuel lines, drained the bowel. I also drained the main fuel tank which was a mix of 55 gallons fuel/water. The main motor is a 140 hp two stroke. All the same was done to it with the exception of draining oil obviously as it is oil injected. Both motors fired up yesterday with new fuel and seemed to be running well. My concern is the fuel tank and anything that I may have missed or overlooked. I was told I could add pure alcohol to the fuel tank and it would help evaporate any water remaining? Any other technical help would be appreciated. I have only ran the motors for 5-10 seconds thus far. I want to be sure everything is good to go before I try them out on the water. Thanks for the help in advance. P.S. right now I am working on electrical components as severe electrolysis occured the the BUSS fuse block and wiring components. Help in this area is also appreciated.

[baitsauce]

I followed your post on that pretty closely. Glad you are now having this problem (if you know what I mean).....

First off, I don't want to sound dumb, but were either or both of the engines running at the time of the incident?

Sound like you did all the right things to save your motors. Since you have started and ran them, if anything was fatal you'd probably know about it by now. Probably the most "sensitive" item internally are the rings, but it would seem they survived though.

As long as all the water is out of the oil injector it survived too. If it was running then it MAY be damaged. The only way to tell is to run it. If your'e not sure, may want to think about replacing. I think there is a way to "test" but I don't know what year, make and model your motor is.

The fuel tank...... Yes, pure alcohol will remove the H2O. But don't run it though your motor. Just drain all of the fuel/H2O out of it and as long as you have a fuel/H2O separator you should be good to go. Just change the filter after an hour or so of use. Remember, unless you are going out of your way and getting non-E10 fuel it already has alcohol in it.

Another area of concern is the engine electronics. Suggest you rinse really well with the garden hose then let dry REALLY well. Blow it dry with compressed air then let a fan blow accross the open motor over night.

That's what I can think of (at the moment) off the top of my bald head. I'm sure some more guys will give some additional pointers.

[jisbell9]

Originally Posted by baitsauce

I followed your post on that pretty closely. Glad you are now having this problem (if you know what I mean).....

First off, I don't want to sound dumb, but were either or both of the engines running at the time of the incident?

Sound like you did all the right things to save your motors. Since you have started and ran them, if anything was fatal you'd probably know about it by now. Probably the most "sensitive" item internally are the rings, but it would seem they survived though.

As long as all the water is out of the oil injector it survived too. If it was running then it MAY be damaged. The only way to tell is to run it. If your'e not sure, may want to think about replacing. I think there is a way to "test" but I don't know what year, make and model your motor is.

The fuel tank...... Yes, pure alcohol will remove the H2O. But don't run it though your motor. Just drain all of the fuel/H2O out of it and as long as you have a fuel/H2O separator you should be good to go. Just change the filter after an hour or so of use. Remember, unless you are going out of your way and getting non-E10 fuel it already has alcohol in it.

Another area of concern is the engine electronics. Suggest you rinse really well with the garden hose then let dry REALLY well. Blow it dry with compressed air then let a fan blow accross the open motor over night.

That's what I can think of (at the moment) off the top of my bald head. I'm sure some more guys will give some additional pointers.

All are things that I am willing to try so thank you. The kicker motor was running at the time, and the main motor I am not sure....I had jumped up and attempted to start but I can't say for sure if it fired up as the wave hit us. The main only had water in one cylinder when I pulled the plugs. The motor is an 1989 Evinrude 140 VRO. I had not thought about the oil injector getting water in it. I will have to look in to that to see if it stayed dry or not. Thanks for the reply. I will be back to work on it wednesday and thursday and run them for a while longer to see how things go. I'll post the results. Thanks again.

[fishkisser]

Spray all wiring connections with Corrosion X or Corrosion Block ...
Rinsing with Salt Terminator could help before application ...
Good Luck with your cleanup ...

[jisbell9]

Originally Posted by fishkisser

Spray all wiring connections with Corrosion X or Corrosion Block ...
Rinsing with Salt Terminator could help before application ...
Good Luck with your cleanup ...

I will do this also. Thank you. Are these products I can find at any auto parts store I should I look at fishermans marine supply for the Salt terminator? Thanks.

[budnate]

wd 40 works fine as well, get it up under the flywheels reel heavy and blow around with air as well, then clean your belt on the kicker well, it dont like lube but you dont want your electrical soaked with salt.

run those motors for awhile on the flushers, you need to get any condensation out of them from working on the cranks and the bearings and rings!!!

[fishkisser]

Fisherman's should have the salt terminator its good for flushing
salt out of the motor also ...
They have a proportioning adapter for your hose and a buddy of mine
washes his boat from stem to stern before it goes to bed for the winter ...
Rinse after application with clear water ...