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I recently purchased a 2008 seadoo challenger 180 and had the following services done.
New spark plugs.
Oil Change.
New Voltage Regulator.
New Impeller Boot.
First day on the water after these services, I ran out of gas.
I knew I was going to run out of gas so I was going FULL THROTTLE towards the marina.
While going FULL THROTTLE, we ran out of gas and the boat cut in and out a couple times before fulling shutting off.
We were then towed in at a low speed by another boat.
The NEXT DAY, I filled it up with gas and went to the lake.
We went to go and the boat wouldn't go over 12 MPH.
It felt like we were towing an elephant.
The engine sounded fine, no rough idle or anything.
The RPMs would climb to about 6000 RPM but we couldn't go over 12-14 MPH.
I drove around for a while thinking it would just need to get the gas through the lines
but the problem never went away.
I took it to a boat dealer / mechanic this morning and after they gave it a quick look over in the parking lot
said it sounded like it was running fine and it was nothing to do with the spark plugs, fuel lines, clogged fuel filter, clogged injectors,
or anything like that as you can throttle up and it throttles up smoothly.
Towing was under 15 mph so I don't think any water got in the engine.
Oil does not look like it got water in it... not milky.
They suggested it might be cavitation but they glanced at the impeller and said it looked ok.
the other thing they suggested was the supercharger might have gone out but both cavitation and the supercharger going out
were not going to instantly show up and have no relation to running out of gas.
They said to take it to the lake and see if it still does it.
Just trying to see what I can try while I wait the 3 weeks until they have time to look at it.
I recently purchased a 2008 seadoo challenger 180 and had the following services done.
New spark plugs.
Oil Change.
New Voltage Regulator.
New Impeller Boot.
First day on the water after these services, I ran out of gas.
I knew I was going to run out of gas so I was going FULL THROTTLE towards the marina.
While going FULL THROTTLE, we ran out of gas and the boat cut in and out a couple times before fulling shutting off.
We were then towed in at a low speed by another boat.
The NEXT DAY, I filled it up with gas and went to the lake.
We went to go and the boat wouldn't go over 12 MPH.
It felt like we were towing an elephant.
The engine sounded fine, no rough idle or anything.
The RPMs would climb to about 6000 RPM but we couldn't go over 12-14 MPH.
I drove around for a while thinking it would just need to get the gas through the lines
but the problem never went away.
I took it to a boat dealer / mechanic this morning and after they gave it a quick look over in the parking lot
said it sounded like it was running fine and it was nothing to do with the spark plugs, fuel lines, clogged fuel filter, clogged injectors,
or anything like that as you can throttle up and it throttles up smoothly.
Towing was under 15 mph so I don't think any water got in the engine.
Oil does not look like it got water in it... not milky.
They suggested it might be cavitation but they glanced at the impeller and said it looked ok.
the other thing they suggested was the supercharger might have gone out but both cavitation and the supercharger going out
were not going to instantly show up and have no relation to running out of gas.
They said to take it to the lake and see if it still does it.
Just trying to see what I can try while I wait the 3 weeks until they have time to look at it.
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