Originally Posted by cdavisdb (Post 207513)

Florida is hot,fouling rate is horrible in summer, all the nooks and crannys in an I/0 are hard to properly antifoul to start with and once hard fouling critters attach, a diver can't get to all of them, lots of boats have stray current problems from their lousy maintenance, I/0s are aluminum, which can be bad news in salt water, especially warm salt water with even a little bit of electricity around, unless you are much more careful than most folks, including me. If you antifoul an drive, you better be damn certain that the applier knows not to use copper bottom paint. That happens down here waay more often than you would believe.

One doesn't have to be around very long to realize that I/0s (or outboards for that matter) don't do well kept in the water in Florida. Not to say it is impossible, just damn difficult.

Volvo: I'm not absolutely sure its true any more, but in times past, at least in Florida, there was little doubt that Volvo drives were more durable, much less likely to quit on you offshore. Volvos can be a pain, damned expensive parts, hard to find competent mechanics and sometimes the engineering is just crazy, but they are very very tough. That includes everything up through the 290 drive. I hope its still as true for the sx drive (what I have now).

Connor

Originally Posted by pelican (Post 207514)

outboards are aluminum,right ? outboard brackets are aluminum too,right ?
does just the aluminum from an outdrive attract these problems ?

neighboring boats - poorly maintained neighboring boats,just a florida thing too ?

in good ol' new jersey,most boats i service are in the water from april to december,that's 9 months - the water temp,it gets into the 80's here in the summer- i have quite a few clients with stern drive powered boats,in excess of 10yrs old,boats have had ZERO problems with drives,as well as hydraulics on the drives...

copper based paint,antifouling paint,on an aluminum surface is a recipe for disaster - pople often overlook this,boat mfg's often overlook this as well - it facinates me...

it's been my experience:

stern drives,the problems are often "self inflicted",meaning,lack of maintnance nothin wrong with a stern drive power system,my own sea craft's I/O powered - what's that tell ya ?

Originally Posted by Mikem8560 (Post 207518)

Connor i just got a new project reciently. A 98 Larson that overheated and the seller had the motor rebuilt. Ut it want in the bost yet. Thats when i got it
I find rhe the manifold was cracked. The owner said the impeller was disitigrated. And replaced it. I wondered why it went Sounds like it was not cetting water.
I found a corodes hole in the water passage seen in this ouc with the lower init off the water line the small round hole on the left the coroded bole above it was the culpret.
This is a sx.
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Originally Posted by pelican (Post 207514)

it's been my experience:

stern drives,the problems are often "self inflicted",meaning,lack of maintnance nothin wrong with a stern drive power system,my own sea craft's I/O powered - what's that tell ya ?

Originally Posted by McGillicuddy (Post 207527)

I hava ol 21 that rihd perty gud for a phat lil boat
An mi 20 cfari rihd gud 2 but flys sum but bigguns mite b bettr idunno

Originally Posted by uncleboo (Post 207539)

Kinda looks like you've been hanging around spidercrab too much, UNLESS, you forgot which personality you were using...... hmmmmm..... could it be?

Originally Posted by gofastsandman (Post 207516)

You seem a bit hostile at times here. I/O`s work for their design. I am old and love the old Ford based Volvo B17-23 Motahs. Maybe the best `ole 4 cyl. marine app.