I milkshaked a motor pretty damn good. whats the best way to clear it out? I've heard some pretty wild ideas, but what is the most effective way to do it without burning a ton of money at the same time.

I got 2 buckets and a bench...cleaned up nicely...no holes or rips....they are in great shape. $300

rear bench is 45.75" wide on the outside. 38.5" on the inside
buckets are 21" wide on the outside, 13" on the inside.
They came out of a daytona (narrow boat)

i will be in irvine friday and can meet up anytime before noon on friday the 17th

I have been lurking for awhile, but decided to join to share this story that recently happened.

I recently purchased a junk boat for its running motor to swap into my boat to get me back on the water. (I will be parting it out shortly)

The motor runs like a bat out of hell.....GPS said it got my pig up to 70mph!!! 

Dont know much about the motor...its a 2 block main, but has 990's, crane golds and a decent comp cams cam. I was please to see this was a built motor, not just something taken out of a truck.

Anyways I took this thing out on the river this past sunday.....drove it up the river and floated back down then made a few passes. on the 3rd of 4th pass, the oil pressure dropped and it started to knock.

i shut her down quickly and lifted the engine cover....oil everywhere....bilge pump is pumping milkshake into the river like a BP well.

I float down the river back to the ramp, put it back on the trailer, take it back home and put a cover over it and call it a day. defeated and broken.

Monday I started to get it ready to be pulled out of the boat to see what happened. I pulled off the passenger side exhaust log and there it was....a 1" hole where the drain plug was supposed to be. somehow it walked its way out and emptied the pan into the bilge. This pan is a 10 qt doolly pan with a 1" drain plug on the front and a drain hose on the back. I used the drain hose to change the oil during the motor swap. never checked this plug......so again, i stopped what i was doing, put the cover back on it and called it a day. I figured it was bad. it had to have been.

so last night I got back to it and pulled the motor out....got it flipped over and started pulling rod caps and mains. the crank is in excellent shape. not a sign of anything bad. the bearings are a little burnt but overall dont look to bad.

I got a new set of bearings on order and all the gaskets n crap. might as well replace the timing set while im at it too.

so call it what you want, but I think my boat is cursed for something so odd ball to happen, and I got dumb luck to come out of this with no major damage.