rawright
Member
- Sep 6, 2011
- 43
- Boat Info
- 1979 Sea Ray SRV 240 Weekender Cuddy Cabin
- Engines
- 260 Mercruiser (350 Chevy)
I own a 1979 SRV 240 with a Mercruiser 260. The boat was stored in Oxnard CA. when I received it and I had it stored there for a couple of years while I worked on it. It was running great when I moved it to my new house in the high desert. I ran the boat right after I towed it home with no issues. When I went to run it yesterday because it has been 4 months since it was run last, the boat wouldn't idle and the exhaust note has changed a little. When I ran the boat with the water off for 20 seconds just to check if that made a difference, it idled fine but the exhaust still sounded different.
I was thinking about this all night trying to figure out what went wrong. Something I didn't take into consideration when I moved it to my new house was the temperature differences between here and the beach. It can get down into the mid 20ies here where I am now living and it never got below 40 at the beach where it was stored. In the past I never had to do anything other then leave the drive down after running it so it would drain. This I was told was common practice at the boat yard where it was kept. I am a first time boat owner so I didn't question it.
I am kinda lost now as to what to do at this point. I am hoping the exhaust is the problem and not the block.
any suggestions would be appreciated,
Robert
I was thinking about this all night trying to figure out what went wrong. Something I didn't take into consideration when I moved it to my new house was the temperature differences between here and the beach. It can get down into the mid 20ies here where I am now living and it never got below 40 at the beach where it was stored. In the past I never had to do anything other then leave the drive down after running it so it would drain. This I was told was common practice at the boat yard where it was kept. I am a first time boat owner so I didn't question it.
I am kinda lost now as to what to do at this point. I am hoping the exhaust is the problem and not the block.
any suggestions would be appreciated,
Robert