"Terry" wrote in message
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Can anyone give me some advice. My daughter took the boat out and hit
a stump, which ripped the motor off the boat and the motor landed in
the river. They retrieved it rather quickly, but I don't know if the
motor can be salvaged. Is there anything I can do to keep the damage
to a minimum before I can get it to the Yamaha dealer. Or is it a
total loss?

The engine is a 40 HP Yamaha two stroke.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Remove the sparkplugs and spin it over. Drain the carb(s). Blow everthing
out with compressed air, then douse the whole engine with WD-40, inside and
out, electrical connections, everything.Then blow it all off again. The best
thing you can do it get it running ASAP! Not tommorrow, now! When you get it
running, run it a long time, long enough to get it up to full operating
temperature. If you wait, rust will over take the bearings and any steel
part in the engine and a major rebuild will be in order.
If you can not do all this ASAP, storing back in water may buy you some
time.
Greg

Jim and Greg,

Thanks for the advice. We pulled it apart, drained the housing and
doused everything with WD40. Then we cranked until it finally turned
over. Looks like it's going to be okay. We really appreciate the help.
This is my first time coming onto a rec. board and the people here
have certainly made it a wonderful experience. If you're ever in the
Dunnellon FL area and would like to take in a little bass
fishing.....email us. We're right on the Withlacoochee river.