Hey all, recently purchased a 99 wake/ski boat that was about halfway submerged due to a flood since drain plug wasn’t in. Sick boat but kinda regretting it as of now. It’s been sitting for over a month now before I got it and just drained the oil and there was more water than I anticipated to come out. Took sparks plugs out and 2 of them also drained water. Just going to go out there and say it’ll need a new motor due to corrosion. I know i can go to the junkyard and get a 350 and marinize it with everything off the old motor, but just looking for what all else I will have to do to the motor before being able to do that. I’ve read up on some threads so I know mostly of what it entails but just looking for some insight and what other people would suggest. Thanks in advanced!
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Freshwater cooled marine engines like a little more piston to wall clearance, say add .001". Slightly looser than stock street bearing clearances are good too. I've built marine engines for over 40 years.
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If you remove all the spark plugs, can you put a wrench on the damper bolt and turn the engine over without too much force? That damper bolt only torques to about 75 ft lbs, so if the bolt is moving and the engine is not, I would not try too hard.
