My 1972 inline 6 mercruiser (200 HP) died and is making a clangaty
bangaty noise. It still runs but makes a lot of racket. No connecting
rod sticking out of the block and no oil in bilge just a lot of metal
noises coming from the block. Before she blew the dry compression was
good although wet compression showed low in one cylinder . Oil
pressure was good too.
Any ideas? Worth fixing ? A new V6 costs 20K installed!
Thanks,
Tom Clark

On 7 Jun 2004 07:00:58 -0700, (tom clark)
wrote:
My 1972 inline 6 mercruiser (200 HP) died and is making a clangaty
bangaty noise. It still runs but makes a lot of racket. No connecting
rod sticking out of the block and no oil in bilge just a lot of metal
noises coming from the block. Before she blew the dry compression was
good although wet compression showed low in one cylinder . Oil
pressure was good too.
Any ideas? Worth fixing ? A new V6 costs 20K installed!

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Hard to tell without tearing it down but it sounds serious.

Installed price of a rebuilt block should be no more than $3 to $5K,
maybe less.

http://www.affordablemarine.com/reman_am.htm
"tom clark" wrote in message
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My 1972 inline 6 mercruiser (200 HP) died and is making a clangaty
bangaty noise. It still runs but makes a lot of racket. No connecting
rod sticking out of the block and no oil in bilge just a lot of metal
noises coming from the block. Before she blew the dry compression was
good although wet compression showed low in one cylinder . Oil
pressure was good too.
Any ideas? Worth fixing ? A new V6 costs 20K installed!
Thanks,
Tom Clark

Get a rebuilt block installed - same motor.

-W

"tom clark" wrote in message
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My 1972 inline 6 mercruiser (200 HP) died and is making a clangaty
bangaty noise. It still runs but makes a lot of racket. No connecting
rod sticking out of the block and no oil in bilge just a lot of metal
noises coming from the block. Before she blew the dry compression was
good although wet compression showed low in one cylinder . Oil
pressure was good too.
Any ideas? Worth fixing ? A new V6 costs 20K installed!
Thanks,
Tom Clark

Tom,
It's been quite a while. What did you end up doing? Is that motor still around? I'd be interested in buying it in any condition.

Paul