Mitch_Pelletier
New Member
1997 Challenger Single Engine Rotax
I tried my boat out tonight, first time since fixing the throttle butterfly on one of the carbs à few days ago. (it was stuck and I freed it up, reinstalled everything same as before) Boat was working real well before this.
Started and ran good. I ran for about 10mins in the warer, good acceleration , good planing.
I then stopped, shut the engine off and the engine compartment was full of steam. Looked like water was boiling?
I was only about 5 mins at idle from the dock.
I went back to the marina, pulled the engine cover and saw that a small water line, about 1/4" dia connected to the muffler was disconnected. Probably from my foot when I was working in the engine compartment.
I reconnected, started back up, no more steam. Took the boat back out, but couldn't get past 4000rpm, and couldn't hit the powerband. It does sound a bit "different" than before.
It starts good, doesn't really bog down or hesitate but stoos at 4000rpm
I took it home, changed the plugs with other used ones I had, started it, works ok. But on the trailer with the hose, it hits the rev limiter, as it normally does, and can't really tell if it's cured.
Could this be just a plug issue? Or something more serious? I'm gonna put new plugs tomorrow and try it back.
I tried my boat out tonight, first time since fixing the throttle butterfly on one of the carbs à few days ago. (it was stuck and I freed it up, reinstalled everything same as before) Boat was working real well before this.
Started and ran good. I ran for about 10mins in the warer, good acceleration , good planing.
I then stopped, shut the engine off and the engine compartment was full of steam. Looked like water was boiling?
I was only about 5 mins at idle from the dock.
I went back to the marina, pulled the engine cover and saw that a small water line, about 1/4" dia connected to the muffler was disconnected. Probably from my foot when I was working in the engine compartment.
I reconnected, started back up, no more steam. Took the boat back out, but couldn't get past 4000rpm, and couldn't hit the powerband. It does sound a bit "different" than before.
It starts good, doesn't really bog down or hesitate but stoos at 4000rpm
I took it home, changed the plugs with other used ones I had, started it, works ok. But on the trailer with the hose, it hits the rev limiter, as it normally does, and can't really tell if it's cured.
Could this be just a plug issue? Or something more serious? I'm gonna put new plugs tomorrow and try it back.