Oil Pan leaking

Road King Cole

Road King Cole

God
Bummer.

Thought it was strange that I was going through so much oil the last few outings. Checked the old today and it was bone dry and a bunch of oil on the ground under the drain. Cleaned up under the engine, added oil and saw that it appears to be seeping out of the oil pan front bottom. The oil pan also feels crappy\rusted.

I'm afraid this is going to be an expensive fix. I found as new oil pan for $360. There's used ones out there, but how long will they last? I am also thinking the motor needs to be lifted which is more of a project that I can handle.

MJ\Chumbucket, would you recommend anyone local to do this?

thanks.

rkc
 
When mine let go I did it myself. Another reason why I hate I/O!!
You should replace it with aluminum but thats going to cost! as why I did not use one at the time. I painted it with some bridge paint a friend had. But today I would have it sprayed at a bed liner place.
Chain Fall and a tree works well to lift the motor out, flip it over and you good to go.
 
Thanks MJ,

Being that I don't have a chain fall, a good tree to do it on, and I am leery of taking on such a project, I am thinking I should pay someone to do it.

Any recommendations?
 
Although I I have been contemplating doing it myself as it does not seem to be that hard "mechanically-wise", the wife wants to to "outsource".

How is Atlantic Boats for service work?

thanks,

rkc
 
Get some good zinc based paint to help with the rust prevention!!
Also you can put some plywood in the boat and put a engin hoist right in the boat, this is how I did the engin coupler when I needed to.
Speaking of make sure you look at all well when you have it out, Don't want to have to do it twice!! I had mine out for the pan, and 2 weeks kater I blew the engin coupler :cry:
I wish I could come by and help ya, but I am having some medical issues right now.

Good Luck!!
 
I will live. One other thing you are going to need a alignment tool when you reinstall the motor, to make sure all is straight
Stay away from the hacks at Atlantic! Go a few miles more to G&S they top notch!!
 
Buy that pan right now! Had one in stock if ya needed it but the site keeps crashing for some reason. I coated my entire new engine with POR-15 encapsalant then finished with their engine enamel. Stuff is hard as nails man and they even guarantee it! Ain't cheap but its a boat so what is?
 
I measured an engine lift my friend had, although it would fit it wouldn't give me room to get my arms under the engine. I will be picking up the frame and chain fall from my brother in law tomorrow night and plan to do most of the work saturday. I took the out drive off the other night.

I bought that oil pan in ebay, got it painted up. Glad I didn't buy a new one.

rkc
 
If you were closer a good friend of mine knows a blue gum geechee that he's seen lift a 350 out of a sea ray and set it on the dock.
 
bradford said:
If you were closer a good friend of mine knows a blue gum geechee that he's seen lift a 350 out of a sea ray and set it on the dock.
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Translation please? I know what a 350 is, and from how you've phrased the sentence I'm thinking that a blue gum geechee is a person? If so...WOW!!
 
What a P.I.T.A. Spent all day saturday working on it. Put together the frame for the chain-fall (project in itself), disconnected everything, pulled the engine, removed the rusty pan and put the new one on. The manual said to install the rear mounting bolts first after lowering the engine back into place. I had a heck of a time trying to do that, couldn't line up the engine and get the bolts in. It wasn't until that I loosely installed a front bolt was I able to get the rear ones in. After I finally got the rear ones in, I called it quits for the day. I was over heated, beat and tired.

"Rested" yesterday with the grandkids over, and I am still sore.

I think I could have used a " blue gum geechee" what ever that is...:head:

Just need to check the alignment, reconnect everything and re-install the outdrive.

fun stuff.

rkc
 
I forgot how we did it 3 different times, but it is a pain and we used no book so we made it up as we went along :head:

Well you are almost there!! One more day and you will be glad you did it yourself, saved yourself a ton of cash!

Congrats!
 
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