Hello everyone!

I've seen and read a few post releated to water leak's, but I'm not
sure that they are the same as mine, so I decided to start a new
thread. Here is my problem.

1) 2000 Mercruiser 5.0L v-8
2) Alpha 1 Gen2 outdrive.
3) Engine is properly winterized following all the recomendations in
the shop manuals. A concentrated dose of antifreeze was run through
the egine (when hot), but not drained. This has never been a problem in
the past.

Took the boat out of winter (outdoor) storage to summerize for this
season. Connected the hose to the outdrive (just like the last 3
years) and proceeded to start the engine. Engine fried right up (only
has 300 hours on it). Immediatly I noticed that water was pooring off
the back of the enginee right into the bilge. I imediatly stoped the
engine and inspected the situation. Absolutely no water was getting to
the exaust ports in the transom plate, or the exhaust through the prop.
.. .could be because I didn't let the engine run long enough.
Reguardless there was an awful lot of water falling from the back of
the engine. Next thing I did was check the oil, and there did not
appear to be any water in the oil. . .so the odds of cracked block I
would think was virtually nil. My immedate problem is that I'm a
fairly big guy and was not able to get deep enough into the engine
compartement to inspect the issue further.

I have since taken the boat to the dealer to have that issue
investigated and fixed. The service manager immediatly took a quick
look at the engine with a flashlight and mirror (a day after with no
water hooked up) and said that it didn't look like a cracked block, and
that he didn't know what the problem was but would investigate it when
my rotation on the schedule comes up.

So. . .the reason I brought my issue here is for three reasons. . .

1) the suspecnce of not knowing is killing me.
2) I would like to have an idea of what the problem might be before the
service center finally root causes the problem. Especailly if it's
easy.. .so I can fix it myself.
3) I would like to have a ball park estimate of what is involved and
the cost with fixing said issue.

Your oppinions please!

Thanks, and best regards,
Bolisk