boats74

Friend of mine has a 19' Bayliner with a cracked block. He wants to replace it with a new long block and is curious how much time it would take / an approximate what it would cost to have a dealer do it. Manifolds, oil pan and accessories would be swapped from the old to the new..

Thanks.

Unlimited jd

You can buy a 4.3 mpi reman complete for $5993 doesn't make $ense to pay the labor to swap all the accessories, I just put 2 in a sea ray my cost was about 5300 each

boats74

The motor literally has 5 hours on it. Boat is a 2010, block cracked winter of 2010/2011.

Griff

I would guesstimate 12-16 hrs of labor @ $100/hr or so. The prblem is that there could be other issues and more stuff with freeze damage.

mike tkach

im not a dealer,but,app 4 hrs for r&r,including eng alignment,6 hrs for transfer of accessories including pan to new longblock,so app 10 hrs labor plus gasgets,oil,etc.dont forget,if block broke,so did oil-ps cooler that also need to be replaced.

boats74

Good point on the PS cooler.. Hadn't thought about that.

FIXX

it really depends on the boat and if theirs room to get it out,,if its a straight shot and i dont have to remove any decking i get 950.00 for r&r with the transfer of parts,keep in mind that the exhaust manifords and the bottom of the intake may be cracked..

if your friend dont see any external cracks on the side of the block or manifolds on the4.3 and he is just getting water in his oil i will almost bet that the bottom of the intake is cracked,,i have replaced many intakes on the 4.3 for this reason..when ppl just drain their blocks they dont realise that theirs water that sits on the borrom of the intake just below the carberator,then it will freeze and crack..