Nice! Sorry if I missed it, but what engine?
Sea Ray makes a nice strong hull. Nice riding boat too. How's the floor and transom?
Sea Ray makes a nice strong hull. Nice riding boat too. How's the floor and transom?
Except for carb rebuilding everything is on a maintenance schedule. Manifolds & risers need to be checked every few years in salt water, maybe every 10 in fresh. Pull outdrive every other year in fresh and every year in salt. Impeller the same.^ Is this maintenance list a one time thing to baseline it or is it yearly? Sounds expensive if you aren't a DIY mechanic.
The worst thing you can do to a boat is put it in the water.Thank You. It's a 5.7L Mercruiser. It was kind of buried in the initial post. Everything is solid. it was never stored in the water for any extended period. Except for some rub rail scrapes and a missing snap screw or two, you would think it's new.
Been ruining Mercruiser engines/outdrive for 4+ decades (gulp) as well as friends and family members in Sea Rays too from 18 feet to 28 feet.
If you want the simple no thought solution that will keep your boat in its current spectacular condition use the recommended Mercruiser 25/40 oil.
Same goes for the outdrive, use the specified Mercruiser outdrive lube.
Make sure to buy the proper lube for Mercruiser, they also have products on the same shelf in stores that is made for their outboards and it looks similar, read the bottle.
Looks like a nice lake, Mercruiser lubes are second to none in a salt environment which was my whole life up until 15 years ago. I used their stuff exclusively, they have a lube for everything including the splines on the shaft and gimbal bearing.
Try to wash off their gear lube from your hands with soap and water, then do the same test with another brand like Penzoil and that is all it will take to convince some one.
In a salt environment their corrosion guard is second to no one and even sprayed my engine and all electrical connections here once or twice but world of difference with fresh water as it’s not as harsh.
I’m the last person on earth who is brand loyal except with Merc stuff. Every time I tried a different product I saw the difference, keep in mind this was salt water, fresh is light years more easy on things but I saw first hand the difference….
I’m a maintenance fanatic and so was family and friends, we pulled our outdrives every season just to grease up the spline shaft plus mid season oil changed ect ect
I wouldn’t be comfortable with a 5/40 anything in a marine engine. 15/50 or 15/40 if looking to save money but 5/40 never. At least in the conditions we ran and run in now with our downsized lake boat and Volvo set up for a first time in my life.
Hope this helps … great boat, good luck with it.
Been ruining Mercruiser engines/outdrive for 4+ decades (gulp) as well as friends and family members in Sea Rays too from 18 feet to 28 feet.
If you want the simple no thought solution that will keep your boat in its current spectacular condition use the recommended Mercruiser 25/40 oil.
Same goes for the outdrive, use the specified Mercruiser outdrive lube.
Make sure to buy the proper lube for Mercruiser, they also have products on the same shelf in stores that is made for their outboards and it looks similar, read the bottle.
Looks like a nice lake, Mercruiser lubes are second to none in a salt environment which was
my whole life up until 15 years ago. I used their stuff exclusively, they have a lube for everything including the splines on the shaft and gimbal bearing.
Try to wash off their gear lube from your hands with soap and water, then do the same test with another brand like Penzoil and that is all it will take to convince some one.
In a salt environment their corrosion guard is second to no one and even sprayed my engine and all electrical connections here once or twice but world of difference with fresh water as it’s not as harsh.
I’m the last person on earth who is brand loyal except with Merc stuff. Every time I tried a different product I saw the difference, keep in mind this was salt water, fresh is light years more easy on things but I saw first hand the difference….
I’m a maintenance fanatic and so was family and friends, we pulled our outdrives every season just to grease up the spline shaft plus mid season oil changed ect ect
I wouldn’t be comfortable with a 5/40 anything in a marine engine. 15/50 or 15/40 if looking to save money but 5/40 never. At least in the conditions we ran and run in now with our downsized lake boat and Volvo set up for a first time in my life.
Hope this helps … great boat, good luck with it.
I doubt you can go wrong with either and is a personal decision. (ps I see my typo in the other post about "ruining Mercruiser engines" *LOL* gotta love spell check)I think I’ve come to the same conclusion. Going to get the Quicksilver 25w-40. Should I go with the semi synthetic or just the regular?
What ever choice ,,, just change it sooner than later.I think I’ve come to the same conclusion. Going to get the Quicksilver 25w-40. Should I go with the semi synthetic or just the regular?
Bellows, gimbal bearing and U-joints wouldn't be a bad preventative maintenance change.10-4, they suggest changing the oil as part of the process so fresh oil is in there in winter. They use the 25w-40 Merc. I am storing indoors at their facility and am going to have them do the winterization and inspect everything from top to bottom and replace what needs replacing before next season. But will hopefully get out a few more times before then.
Wow, yeah, As posted we are done now, going to change the gearlube today and wash it down at least my intention, also need to cut the lawn, ect, ect. We keep it in a storage place, literally minutes from our house so easy to get and return, can not leave boats in our community for more then a couple days, right now its in our driveway, most likely will take it to storage this afternoon or Saturday and finish up the winterization sometime in the next few weeks.We got out last Saturday and had a blast. Hopefully another time or two before I have to winterize it.
Is that Lake Murray? My daughter is a Senior @ USC