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| Here's a problem for those who love this kind of stuff...
So, two weeks ago, I was cruising all around the lake fishing. After one boat run of probably four miles, I pulled back the throttle to bring the boat off plane to fish my next spot. At this point, I heard a sputtering sound in the engine. Puttting it back on plane at half throttle, no such sound. The engine began running very rough, vibrating heavily and sputtering, but only at neutral throttle or when put in gear at idle speed and low RPMs. Hmmm... Bad fuel? Plugs? Injectors?
Brining it to the mechanic, he checks the computer. The program showed the engine had overheated 57 times, which was odd because the horn never sounded except on two occassions a few years back when I sucked some weeds into the intake and the engine overheated. That she had overheated 57 times is still somewhat of a mystery, but might be pertinent to the bigger problem??
Checking the compression of each cyclindar, the mechanic found that one of the cyclinders was dead. Cold seized, he thought. I do fish in cold weather in the fall (sub freezing), so cold seize is a real threat. However, this problem occurred on a warm day after I had been running around the lake quite a bit.
I'm wondering if there is something else in play here?? The mechanic is taking my engine apart to determine the extent of the damage. He thinks he can fix the problme for cheaper than the cost of a new powerhead, but if he does that without correcting the problem which caused the seizure in the first place, won't I be having the same issue again sometime in the future?? I'm no mechanic, but cold seize doesn't feel like the right cause of the seizure. Lean seize?? Could that be why the engine computer shows 57 episodes of overheating??
I dunno about this, but do know this is going to cost me a lot of jing...and I don't want the problem to re-occur after shelling out this kind of $$$'s.
Could there be something more than cold seize in play?
What do you think?
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