first oil change

in the event that i find gas in the engine oil and need to get it fixed what can i expect to pay for a marina to rebuild my motor?

need to start preparing wife.

thanks gents,

-phil

phospher wrote: in the event that i find gas in the engine oil and need to get it fixed what can i expect to pay for a marina to rebuild my motor? need to start preparing wife. thanks gents, -phil

if your getting gas in the oil most likely it's the fuel pump and not bad rings

The pump doe's not break, the diapham cracks or perforates.This allows fuel to ,under pressure,to not go to the carb. In a car or truck it would go on the ground ,in a boat into the bilge.The hose,the clear one,will direct it to the flame arrestor.This will cause the engine to stall or die. This will stop a potentially deadly situation,motor dies and pumps no fuel into the bilge..............boat dr

phospher wrote: i also drained a little oil out and i didn't really smell any fuel..... the whole dam boat smells like fuel to me...

Phos, I think you're over-freaking about this a little bit. The conversation has gone from your oil smelling like gas to needing a complete rebuild. Slow down and smell the gas a little more!

You have said the oil level doesn't change, the boat runs like a top throughout the entire powerband, you can smell gas in the oil at first, and now you're smelling gas everywhere in the boat.

Do a compression test, but I think your engine is fine. Gottaski has it right, idling the engine for a couple hours will not fill the crankcase with gas because it's getting burned off normally. You could be smelling gas from a number of different places. Changing the fuel filter/seperator will stink like crap for days. It's normal. Especially if it's sitting in your garage. There could be small puddle of of gas that accumulates on the intake manifold as mentioned earlier. Wipe that out if it's there. I had my tank full one time and we got this really bad heat wave come through. The gas expanded and about a cup came out the vent and on my garage floor. Stunk terrible for days again. Double check that there isn't any leaking from the gas tank and along the whole gas line up to the carb. Check every fitting and connection very carefully. Let us know what you find.

man you guys are so right. even my wife things i'm freaking out. i guess i'm just so excited i finally have a inboard ski boat and i'm worried something is wrong. i'll change the oil this weekend, check all fitings and see how it goes.

thanks guys.

Comments like that Eddie will force us to end this open door policy to all non CC owners. I just kidding of course... Eddie you were right I love the way the BFN preforms on the top end with the MSD ignition system..

Phospher...yeah you are freaking! Just clean the whole mess up...check you gas lines when it, running....get the fuel smell gone and have fun!

87BFN owner wrote: Comments like that Eddie will force us to end this open door policy to all non CC owners. I just kidding of course... Eddie you were right I love the way the BFN preforms on the top end with the MSD ignition system..

Jim, I'm glad that you're enjoying it. It does make it so smooooooth. Did you end up going with the 6A and the MSD coil too? It was really fun to play around with the different springs and advance bushings to get it dialed in. I met a guy near here with a BFN who also installed a complete MSD setup in his boat and both of us have experienced the same issue that I need to warn you about. The mechanical advance started to rust up on the pivot points and would not advance as it should. It took quite a bit of judicious cleaning to get freed up and mine didn't give me problems until I had 6 years and well over 500 hours logged, but it is something that you should look at as part of your regular maintenance. What happened with mine was that it would stay at the initial timing until it hit 2000 RPM or better and go to full advance. Then when you throttle down, it sometimes would hang at 20 degrees advance or better.

Not to apologize for the above post, just to clarify my wording.We welcom all to this site, just as those of another brand to our reunions.
Just try to be apart OF,rather than a apart FROM.We all have a common intrest in these unique boats,we share and we scare.This is what i would try and as important is "please don't try or do that .As well as been there done that ,cost me a lot of money and grief.
this is what this site and its members are all about,share,care and swear.We have this
"Don't Tell and We Won't Ask"

ok, changed my fuel water separator, changed the fuel tube that runs from the fuel pump to the flame arrestor(it was so dirty i couldn't see through it), changed my oil and filter and replaced with rotella 15w-40, and tightened up a loose belt that would squeal a bit at start up. i was out on the boat all day today and everything looks great. i checked numerous times to make sure i didn't have any fuel or oil leaks after the changes. i also looked at the tube running from the fuel pump to the flame arrestor while the engine was running and there was no fuel going into the tube.

i'll keep an eye on the oil now to see how she looks. it was hard to tell when i drained the oil if it looked really thin. i think i did smell a bit of gas though.

thanks guys.

i checked the oil and smelled it the last time i was done using the boat(last weekend). The oil looked good and I didn't smell any gas. I just checked the oil again today and I believe I'm smelling the gas again. Could anything cause gas to get into the oil while the boat is just sitting not being used? It's only been 4 days since I last used it.

Thanks!

thanks, i'll check that out. i've never had any hard starting issues yet...