The engine is definitely not a loss and as others have said is most likely a blown head gasket. Aside from the labor you can probably get the gasket kit for ~$100. You'll have other incidentals and parts/tool costs but for less than $1000 you'll be back on the water. For that $1000 I suggest that you take the head to a machine shop, it may have warped as a result of overheating. While it is off the engine (diy or at the shop) do a valve job - Guides, seals, seats, springs.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 7:28 PM svpegasus38 via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > A friend has a Catalina 36 with the Universal 25 engine that overheated, > and now won't start. > 1. Excessive blowby > 2. Smoke in coolant tank > 3. Oil level is 2 inches above full mark. > Oil just changed just after overheated. > 4. New heat exchanger just replaced. After overheating, coolant was full, > now empty. > 5. When it did start lots of white smoke from exhaust. > 6. Was in process of changing fuel filters when I noticed the empty > coolant tank, smoke in coolant tank, and over full oil. > > Thinking he needs a new engine, or maybe rebuild this one. > Any advice from the awesome minds on the list is welcome. > > Already offered him Pegasus. Lol. > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > Doug Mountjoy > POYC > Pegasus (for sale) > Lf38 > Rebecca Leah LF39 > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up > again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a > small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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