bMcN
Active Member
I bought a boat last summer. The pre-purchase mechanical inspection on the Merc 496 MAG came back all-good. This May, Inlet Marine found that "PORT EXHAUST MANIFOLD AT THE BOTTOM OF WATER SUPPLY FOUND EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED WHERE FITTING GOES IN .LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IN THE PAST - OVER TIGHTEN FITTING WHICH CAUSE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO CRACK." No one touched the engine between the inspection and the May service at Inlet, which lead me to think the inspection missed the crack.
I didn't have the motor winterized this past winter. A marine mechanic friend of my Dad's says the crack could be from water in the manifold over the winter and that the compression test during the inspection would have flagged the cracked manifold.
So, should I be going after the folks that did the pre-purchase mechanical inspection, or should I be kicking myself for skipping winterization? (Or both)
Thanks for any insights.
-b
I didn't have the motor winterized this past winter. A marine mechanic friend of my Dad's says the crack could be from water in the manifold over the winter and that the compression test during the inspection would have flagged the cracked manifold.
So, should I be going after the folks that did the pre-purchase mechanical inspection, or should I be kicking myself for skipping winterization? (Or both)
Thanks for any insights.
-b