My fiance droped our boat off last week to be winterized, we have been bringing it to a guy that works from his home, he is a certified mech., used to work at Mn.Marine, it is a older boat with an 120 merc cruiser (IO) we do not have a garage to put it in so we had a elec. heater in the boat and had the boat covered.
So he calls the next day and says the boat is done, then a hour later he calls and said he took a look at the oil and there is white foam in it which means there is water in it and the block must be cracked then says he has a motor he will sell us.
What I would like to know is there any other reason there would be water in the oil, and should we get another oppion?
I find it odd he would check the oil after he winterized it.
I would like to think we can trust him ,we have been bringing our boat to him for about 3 years now.
Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to
not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely
that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing.
I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the
new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
Dang, new content and now answers.
First, congrats on the new boat!
My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota.
How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.
All weather or just nice weather?
Casting a lot or bait dragging?
Bobber or panfish fishing?
Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders?
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout.
Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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My fiance droped our boat off last week to be winterized, we have been bringing it to a guy that works from his home, he is a certified mech., used to work at Mn.Marine, it is a older boat with an 120 merc cruiser (IO) we do not have a garage to put it in so we had a elec. heater in the boat and had the boat covered.
So he calls the next day and says the boat is done, then a hour later he calls and said he took a look at the oil and there is white foam in it which means there is water in it and the block must be cracked
then says he has a motor he will sell us.
What I would like to know is there any other reason there would be water in the oil, and should we get another oppion?
I find it odd he would check the oil after he winterized it.
I would like to think we can trust him ,we have been bringing our boat to him for about 3 years now.
Thanks for any information or advice, Amanda
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