Machinehead
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Ok, I will try to make this story short but some may find they are in the same boat as me (No Pun Intended) so I will share. I am a person that should never own a boat, I do not have good luck with them. Example: I own 3 (Now 4 With The One I'm Posting About) 3 of witch don't run presently. The problem in the area I am in, is that good techs, are like trying to track and capture a Unicorn. Not throwing stones at the industry, its just the way it is. I was a Parts and Service Director for a Huge multi line and location car dealer for 25 years. One of the big factors for me changing careers after so many years was that good repair technicians are impossible to find. 8 years later it is even worse than when I left. Guys who are talented and skilled with mechanical repair are electing to go into other better paying fields. So pretty soon if cars, boats, motorcycles need anything but an oil change or state inspection people will be hard pressed to find new guys entering the arena with the skills to really fix things. That's why forums like this are so important. We have to get the advise from guys who still have the skill so we can fix some of these items on our own. I'm sure everyone on this site has experienced taking an item in for a repair and have it come back worse than when you sent it in. That's the case with my 3 non running boats right now. But My wife and son love the water and we rent a cabin on a lake every years so boat purchase number 4 is where I'm at and looking for some help. Rant over onto problem. Lol.
I picked up a 2000 Islandia just so that we would have something to use at the cabin we rented. It had sat in a Marina warehouse for 2 seasons. I tested it on the water it worked great loaded it up and brought it home. Marina got killed on the boat and I bought, it what I think to be cheap, but as is. So this is what is happening now that I have had it in the water for 3 days. I could see myself really loving this boat if I can get this weird starting issue figured out.
Issue 1 - Cold start after sitting for a few hours or overnight. It take 6-7 attempts to get it to start and idle. It starts and stalls. With each start it runs a little longer and it seems that the cold high idle (That I Assume It Should Have Normally Creeps Up A little Higher To Where I Believe It Should Be With Each Start) On the 6-7 start it idles and runs perfect. It would idle all day if you walked away from it. Take it out on the lake and full throttle, putting around, whatever you do it runs perfect with 0 issues. If you shut off and restart right away or within the first couple minutes it works fine and starts right up first try and is ready to go.
Issue 2 - Hard start after running gets worse if have it shut off for more than a couple minutes. It will start and stall. Changes from the cold start problem because it doesn't run a little longer with each attempt. It will start and stall almost instantly. The first day I used it, I was ready to call for help to tow, until I figured out the trick after 30 minutes. If you crank it over and catch it when it does start, For A Split Second, and can jump right on the throttle to take off it will spit a little bit for few seconds than clears up and runs perfect. runs for hours after that without missing a beat.
It has all new tune up parts, Full tank of premium gas.
It runs SO GOOD other than these couple weird little issues I cant see it being a huge deal. Looking for advise from others who may have already traveled this road.
Thanks guys!!!!
I picked up a 2000 Islandia just so that we would have something to use at the cabin we rented. It had sat in a Marina warehouse for 2 seasons. I tested it on the water it worked great loaded it up and brought it home. Marina got killed on the boat and I bought, it what I think to be cheap, but as is. So this is what is happening now that I have had it in the water for 3 days. I could see myself really loving this boat if I can get this weird starting issue figured out.
Issue 1 - Cold start after sitting for a few hours or overnight. It take 6-7 attempts to get it to start and idle. It starts and stalls. With each start it runs a little longer and it seems that the cold high idle (That I Assume It Should Have Normally Creeps Up A little Higher To Where I Believe It Should Be With Each Start) On the 6-7 start it idles and runs perfect. It would idle all day if you walked away from it. Take it out on the lake and full throttle, putting around, whatever you do it runs perfect with 0 issues. If you shut off and restart right away or within the first couple minutes it works fine and starts right up first try and is ready to go.
Issue 2 - Hard start after running gets worse if have it shut off for more than a couple minutes. It will start and stall. Changes from the cold start problem because it doesn't run a little longer with each attempt. It will start and stall almost instantly. The first day I used it, I was ready to call for help to tow, until I figured out the trick after 30 minutes. If you crank it over and catch it when it does start, For A Split Second, and can jump right on the throttle to take off it will spit a little bit for few seconds than clears up and runs perfect. runs for hours after that without missing a beat.
It has all new tune up parts, Full tank of premium gas.
It runs SO GOOD other than these couple weird little issues I cant see it being a huge deal. Looking for advise from others who may have already traveled this road.
Thanks guys!!!!
