My mechanic just placed a through hull water intake and did maintenance on the outdrive. Said the first sea trial went well but on the second trial the following day the engine was not running well. Said it was loosing power so they’d have to pump the throttle to get it back up to speed. Felt...
Thanks for everyone’s input.
Update—looks like I’m going to have the through hull water intake and strainer installed. The mechanic is quoting $900+ to install it and connect to the water pump and put in the block off plate, estimating a 6 hr install. Does that sound reasonable?
I was told by my mechanic that in the midst of doing some routine maintenance on my '02 Sundancer 260 with Bravo III outdrive and Mercruiser 5L engine that the "Seawater Transom Inlet" was severely clogged. He said the only way to open it was to pull the engine (7-10 hrs) and clean it out. The...