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Originally Posted by sinnerman
Were you able to procure parts for the engine from an alternate source than Westerbeke? ( since Westerbeke is VERY expensive).. |
When I bought the
boat (and engine), it came with boxes and boxes of brand new OEM parts that the previous owner had planned on using for the
rebuild. I added everything up at one point and if I were to
purchase the directly through Westerbeke, the cost would have been somewhere over $7k. I used everything except for the
head gasket (compression was good and there was no sign of issues with the
oil analysis or engine survey).
All told, I spent $1350 out of pocket for the following:
$300 -
Rebuild exhaust manifold - the iron
exhaust pipe was fused to the
aluminum extrusion and no matter what I tried, I couldn't free it up. See thread here:
https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ld-281296.html
$250 - Rebuild injectors - I didn't know if there was anything wrong with them, but since I was in there, I figured it would be a lot easier to take care of them now than in the
boat.
$800 - Rebuild injection
pump - This was a legit problem. 10 years sitting in a garage turned the
fuel inside the
pump to bubblegum and I don't have the tools or
equipment needed to make this right.
It was a lot of
work and I picked away at it all
winter, but I learned a lot about the engine and feel confident that I'll be able to troubleshoot any issues going forward and I'm pretty sure I'll have a reliable engine for the foreseeable future. A big thanks to everyone who gave me
advice along the way.
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