On Jun 3, 8:41*am, Wiley wrote:

The downside is, I've heard that if they get wet they're junk. Is that true.- Hide quoted text -

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There is a local guy who has a nice 20 ft. sea ray with a 4.6 GM. He
brought the boat out of the garage to to start cleaning on it, then
the rains started coming and it kept raining, well he didn't think
muych about it, that is untill his son wen't to get something out of
the boat and they thought the tires were a bit low... Actually what
had happened is that he didn't pull the transom plug and after about 2
weeks worth of rain, he had water up to the valve covers.

he drained the boat, then pulled the plugs and used a wrench to hand
crank the engine to make sure the cylinders were clear of water.
Changed the oil and hit the starter. click...click...click.

Pulled the starter and alternator off and brought thtem to me. I
pulled the starter apart and flushed i out with carb cleaner and let
it sit overnight to dry out well. re-lubed and re assembled. The motor
was fine, but the solonoid is sealed and you can't pull the cap. So I
replaced the solonoid and it worked well. So basicly I'm saying that
if it can be caught immediatly the damage is actually mimimal.

Same with his delco alternator. I pulled it apart but the corrosion
was alread working some on the housings and stator, but not bad. I
flushed it too, pulled the internal bolts and sprayed with PB Blaster,
installed new berings re assembled and it was fine also.