Hi all, this is nothing to do with a Tige, but I know you chaps have lots of experience and I would appreciate some help.
I was asked by a friend to take some of their guests out for a "tour" in their Glastron MX255 powered by Volvo Penta 5.7 V8 with Volvo outdrive leg.
So we were happily trundling around very slowly, pulled up to a stop to show them something, accelerated away very gently and BOOOM a terrible noise like a a bag of spanners in a washing machine, total power loss. Having managed to make everyone safe and get a tow in (in 26mph winds not easy!) I have found 2-3 inches of oil in the bilge and strangely enough what looks like much way too much oil on the dipstick as well as it leaves a mark virtually to the top of the stick.
So I figure the engine has given up in a big way and possibly blown a piston, but cannot see any obvious sign of this, can anyone help on what might have happened here?
I know the moral of the story is twofold, one, don't help out and two, don't ever drive anything else but a tige, but you know how it is?
Cheers, Mark
I was asked by a friend to take some of their guests out for a "tour" in their Glastron MX255 powered by Volvo Penta 5.7 V8 with Volvo outdrive leg.
So we were happily trundling around very slowly, pulled up to a stop to show them something, accelerated away very gently and BOOOM a terrible noise like a a bag of spanners in a washing machine, total power loss. Having managed to make everyone safe and get a tow in (in 26mph winds not easy!) I have found 2-3 inches of oil in the bilge and strangely enough what looks like much way too much oil on the dipstick as well as it leaves a mark virtually to the top of the stick.
So I figure the engine has given up in a big way and possibly blown a piston, but cannot see any obvious sign of this, can anyone help on what might have happened here?
I know the moral of the story is twofold, one, don't help out and two, don't ever drive anything else but a tige, but you know how it is?
Cheers, Mark
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