PlayDate
Well-Known Member
I can appreciate the frustration but blaming Mercruiser or Sea Ray won't fix a cracked manifold. As mentioned....any number of things could have gone wrong draining water from the manifolds.
Arguably the "crappy Official Mercruiser" process you followed worked well for 13 years or so which indicates that perhaps something has changed which blocked water from draining out. You don't watch how much water drains out because the "crappy Official Mercruiser" process didn't tell you to do that. You don't modify your "crappy Official Mercruiser" winterization process after the first manifold cracks which causes you to crack two more.
As I said....I appreciation the frustration but if you want to solve the problem you have to own it and figure out why those manifolds did not drain. This type of problem doesn't care who built the engine or the boat.
Arguably the "crappy Official Mercruiser" process you followed worked well for 13 years or so which indicates that perhaps something has changed which blocked water from draining out. You don't watch how much water drains out because the "crappy Official Mercruiser" process didn't tell you to do that. You don't modify your "crappy Official Mercruiser" winterization process after the first manifold cracks which causes you to crack two more.
As I said....I appreciation the frustration but if you want to solve the problem you have to own it and figure out why those manifolds did not drain. This type of problem doesn't care who built the engine or the boat.