Pretty confident that if I ever have to repower it will be with a beta marine. Period. They design their engines to be drop in replacements for all types of engines.
That being said, I love my Yanmar 3HM35F. It is bomb proof. Starts in the middle of winter without glow plugs. You can pretty easily do the head gasket yourself in the boat but a compression test will help confirm your suspicion of a blown head gasket. I've heard of repowers running as low as $7k and as high as $12k. Either way you want to make sure that you actually need a new engine. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Sep 16, 2017 11:14 PM, "DON JONSSON via CnC-List" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi It seems I have a leaking head gasket on my Yanmar engine. It is an old engine but only has 2,000 hours on it. I'm going to get some quotes on fixing it but I'm sure it won't be cheap and not sure it won't be a waste on an old engine. The boat is leaking a fair bit of oil which ends up in the bilge. The best guess when tracing the source is the gasket. Of course the leak is from an area that is very difficult to get a good look at. The boat has also suddenly taken to starting very poorly. Anyway those are the symptoms. Has any one replaced a similar engine? What with and how did it go? Any things to watch out for? Thanks Don Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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