Belercous
New Member
- Sep 6, 2023
- 7
- Boat Info
- 2001 240 Sundeck
- Engines
- 5.7 EFI 300 hp (260 at prop)
Greeterings, I'm a FNG here. Boat is new to me. Over the Labor day weekend I ran it into a submerged sand bar (which didn't use to be there). Eventually got it off, engine ran fine, no vibrations.
About 15 minutes later the engine made a shrill noise; cut power, lifted rear seat & saw blue smoke. Killed engine & dropped anchor.
Engine did not overheat, but the starboard riser did. Port riser was warm. I let it cool, then pulled a hose & figured I'd start the engine & blurp out the sand. [Also something popped, sounding like a firecracker; no idea what it was (yet).] Tried to start engine, but it would not go into neutral. Was towed back to my slip (Thank Neptune for Boats.us insurance). Disconnected the shift cable, but it will not come out of fwd so problem isn't in shifter/throttle.
While aground on the sand bar it shifted fine, but the riser wasn't overheating then. While the shifter linkages attach to the starboard riser, nothing on them appears to be melted.
Any ideas on what happened?
About 15 minutes later the engine made a shrill noise; cut power, lifted rear seat & saw blue smoke. Killed engine & dropped anchor.
Engine did not overheat, but the starboard riser did. Port riser was warm. I let it cool, then pulled a hose & figured I'd start the engine & blurp out the sand. [Also something popped, sounding like a firecracker; no idea what it was (yet).] Tried to start engine, but it would not go into neutral. Was towed back to my slip (Thank Neptune for Boats.us insurance). Disconnected the shift cable, but it will not come out of fwd so problem isn't in shifter/throttle.
While aground on the sand bar it shifted fine, but the riser wasn't overheating then. While the shifter linkages attach to the starboard riser, nothing on them appears to be melted.
Any ideas on what happened?