"Tim" wrote in message
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On Apr 15, 7:11 pm, Dave Brown wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
Ran into a potential problem with the boat sale. The buyer's surveyor
discovered that the oil pans on the engines were in bad shape and need
to be replaced. I never noticed (although I never really personally
inspected them having owned the boat for less than a year) and the
surveyor I had when I bought it missed them completely.

Just for my own further education, how did he determine they were not
longer fit for service? Has the boat seen salt water? I have only ever
had to replace one oil pan in 33 years working on boats (and it was
cracked) so this is very interesting to me.

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Regards,
Dave Brown
Brown's Marina Ltd
http://brownsmarina.com/

Dave, I was wondering abou that myself. I've never known of anybody
having an oil pan rust though like what Richard is describing.
besides, if it was THAT bad, then the bildge would already be filed
with oil, I would think.

I'm wondering if the gasket[s] or main seals are leaking instead?

I boat both salt and fresh. Eisboch's is a sal****er boat. When I pulled
the engine to replace it, the pan was close to rusting through. Lots of the
head bolts on outside of the valve cover were partly rusted away on the
heads. I had scraped the pan of flaking paint and rust at least 2 years
before and treated the metal and painted.