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I don't understand this sentence. Are you saying you spoke to Mac and he would like to know about this situation? Then you say "if he does, I am sure he has taken steps" which doesn't make sense vs what the first part of the sentence said.
Please explain?
I did not spead to Mac personally about this.
What I am saying is this happened last year. I would hope that either the owner of the boat or the dealership called CC and informed them of the situation. My experience with CC dictates that if Mac was informed and it did happen at the factory, he would have taken steps to ensure it will never happen again. Part of quality control.....if errors are made, look into the root cause and take measures to prevent it from occurring again.
Sorry for the lack of clarity in my original post---I hope this answers your question.
Isn't it pretty obvious (well, I guess apparently not to everybody) that W. means "knowing the guy like I do, and the type of guy he is and the type of business he runs, he would want to know about this?"
Well when you put it like that then yes it is! Thanks.
Sorry but thousands of people work on thousands of boats and the exhaust hoses arent falling off. The whole deal was handled horribly by the dealer. The boat almost sank, people almost died and all they did was hang it up there the same way it was. What does that say about how much the dealer cares that its customers almost died! As to the factory, sure its only one failure in hundreds of boats, but the failure was due to carelessness. I can understand if a worker puts something together and thinks its done right but how can you put a hose on that you cant clamp safely? Its piss poor construction and it brings down the efforts of fellow workers.
__________________ Top Gun 1992 Donzi 22 Classic 454 King Cobra
You want to come and help me resolve that problem?
(It's an F'in shame that this thread has come down to this)
You may like a man to help you.......I personally am straight and prefer woman, but to each his own. I will not hold your sexual preferences against you. And because your problem has lasted more than 4 hours you should call a doctor. If your lucky he's a man.....
Sounds like a little bashing of CC to me. They build one of the most quality and sturdy boats out there. Any time you want service from them just call the factory and Mac or keith will talk to you
As far as Carolina Classic engines hydrolocking that's a bunch of bull. Just about all of the big block V8's out there had the problem. Carolina Classic uses a water lift muffler and now only Crusader 8.1L V8s for their gas powered boats now. Crusader has a patented manifold system that has eliminated the problem. The other manufactures were way behind the curve and are slowly catching up. Almost any of the 7.4L and 8.1L engines used other than Crusaders had a problem due to cam over lap causing drawback of seawater into the manifolds and also moisture getting to the valves causing rust on the valve stems. Stopping the engines suddenly can also result in the same problem. I personally flush my freshwater cooled Crusader 8.1L engine saltwater side every time I come into the dock
A lot of the problem goes back to the nut behind the wheel. A little care in operation and even the older big blocks wouldn't have had the problem. There are a lot of the 7.4L engines still running fine.
__________________ Mitch Craft5 22' Bay Flyer
200hp Mercury Jet Pro (inboard)
Sounds like a little bashing of CC to me. They build one of the most quality and sturdy boats out there. Any time you want service from them just call the factory and Mac or keith will talk to you
As far as Carolina Classic engines hydrolocking that's a bunch of bull. Just about all of the big block V8's out there had the problem. Carolina Classic uses a water lift muffler and now only Crusader 8.1L V8s for their gas powered boats now. Crusader has a patented manifold system that has eliminated the problem. The other manufactures were way behind the curve and are slowly catching up. Almost any of the 7.4L and 8.1L engines used other than Crusaders had a problem due to cam over lap causing drawback of seawater into the manifolds and also moisture getting to the valves causing rust on the valve stems. Stopping the engines suddenly can also result in the same problem. I personally flush my freshwater cooled Crusader 8.1L engine saltwater side every time I come into the dock
A lot of the problem goes back to the nut behind the wheel. A little care in operation and even the older big blocks wouldn't have had the problem. There are a lot of the 7.L engines still running fine.
So then how would you explain a non overloaded boat with the exhaust elbow dislodged basically backfilling and sinking the boat with seawater if there is no defect? Am I missing something? Remember this all happened in a matter of a minute or two at full cruise not an hour drifting slowly taking on water!
As far as Carolina Classic engines hydrolocking that's a bunch of bull. Just about all of the big block V8's out there had the problem. Carolina Classic uses a water lift muffler and now only Crusader 8.1L V8s for their gas powered boats now.
The engine hydrolocking issue was a Mercruiser issue that was a big problem for Sea Ray, Carver, Silverton and Four Winns too. It had nothing to do with Carolina Classic or the install in the CC25, it was just a piss-poor riser design by Mercruiser, and once MAC & Kieth learned of the problem, they stopped offering other options besides the Crusader 8.1 as the inboard gas engine option.
Can I assume, from the discussion, that it was a similar issue that sank the new CC on its delivery cruise where the Neuse meets Adams Creek? Happened late fall a few years ago. Captain and mate were warm water folks from Florida as I recall.
I know this is an old thread, but it occurred to me as I re-read it that this engine is almost certainly compromised by salt water ingestion on two fronts.
First, it probably sucked some down through the air intake. Secondly, if water was back filling through the exhaust, it probably drank some down the exhaust tube as it was being wrestled back on (when the guy burned his arm).
Yanmars are particularly intolerant of salt water down the throat or up the exhaust. Your friend probably wants to have someone break down the turbo and look for corrosion.
Either way, if it took in water, expect an early demise. This should have ben an insurance claim the minute it was tied back at the dock. It sounds like the dealer did as little as possible and just kicked the can down the road. They will probably get to sell a new engine and install this year or next.
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Terry Jason 35, Yanmar 370 hp, Lots of fun at a leisurely pace
