She's sick...
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 8:50 pm
I'm curious if anyone has had this happen. It happened last fall, but thought I'd ask. If nothing else, call it a watch out.
At the end of the season last year during winterization, my dealer caught a problem with the boat. On the new 5.3l 300hp, the coolant tank and the power steering tank are one unit with a divider. My coolant had leaked into my power steering reservoir as a result of a faulty gasket. The dealer tried to get the part in before she went into storage, but it didn't arrive in time due to back order, so the part is on the will call shelf till the spring. They said they had seen it a few times and that VP had a recall on it. The mechanic caught it because the PS fluid wasn't the normal dark red color, but rather a salmon color which was a good catch. Apparently due to the viscosity, the coolant can get into the PS fluid, but not the other way around. This is not supposed to cause any damage to the PS system or the coolant system.
Either way, they are going to fix it in the spring and it should be a fairly straight forward fix. For the winter, they ended up doing the winterization plus draining the coolant and PS fluids, so those will be fresh.
Here's hoping that this is not an omen for my boat--only 12 hrs!
At the end of the season last year during winterization, my dealer caught a problem with the boat. On the new 5.3l 300hp, the coolant tank and the power steering tank are one unit with a divider. My coolant had leaked into my power steering reservoir as a result of a faulty gasket. The dealer tried to get the part in before she went into storage, but it didn't arrive in time due to back order, so the part is on the will call shelf till the spring. They said they had seen it a few times and that VP had a recall on it. The mechanic caught it because the PS fluid wasn't the normal dark red color, but rather a salmon color which was a good catch. Apparently due to the viscosity, the coolant can get into the PS fluid, but not the other way around. This is not supposed to cause any damage to the PS system or the coolant system.
Either way, they are going to fix it in the spring and it should be a fairly straight forward fix. For the winter, they ended up doing the winterization plus draining the coolant and PS fluids, so those will be fresh.
Here's hoping that this is not an omen for my boat--only 12 hrs!
I'm going to be checking mine now, 2.8 hrs on it.