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Took the family and wifes sister out for a day on the boat on July 7th. had a great time, did an amazing job docking in a tight spot at a restaurant in front of a bunch of people, had a great lunch, ran to a cove, anchored for a bit, then...
went to restart to head back and the starboard motor backfired and didnt start. went to start again and it started but idled at 1400 rpm and sounded pretty bad. i shut it down, restarted again, and still running fast and poorly. pulled anchor and started thinking about the best way to get back 9 miles to the ramp. didnt want to idle on 1 for 2 hours. also didnt want to shift into gear when at 1400 rpm. decided to take take a risk and try to get back on 2. before putting the starboard into gear, i brought the boat up to about 10kts with the port motor so it wouldnt shock load the lower when putting the starboard into gear. that worked and it went into gear with out issue. in gear it ran poorly too. figured what the hell and tried to bring both motors up and get on plane. got up no problem and both ran great. ran at 3500 most of the way, even pinned it and both ran smooth up to 6k. no wake zone and marina, starboard ran poorly again. also learned that i dont like docking with one engine that isnt centered. didnt look like the pro i was at the resturant earlier. but i got it to the dock and on the trailer.
the marina was backed up at least 4 weeks for any service work. i asked if they could recommend another shop that i could trust to do good work so i could call them and try to get back on the water sooner. they gave a suggestion, i called them, and ended up dropping it off that friday.
turned out that the back fire blew out an o-ring in the intake and created a vacuum leak. i had the shop completely re-build intakes on both motors. replaced all o-rings/gaskets and any hardware that didnt look perfect. they also found that the fuel hose from the raycor to the starboard engine was an older style gray hose with the clear lining. the lining was all bunched up. they replaced it with a black shields style hose. dyno tested to confirm that it was running propperly when complete.
while it was there, i asked them to address a fuel leak from the port motor that has been going on since i had the boat (last season and this one). turned out to be the vst over flowing and pouring out the breather (located in one of the cowling release levers). the vst had significant corrosion inside so i had them blast the vst and completely re-build it (new needles, floats, filters, etc). did the same for the vst on the other motor as well.
also replaced some cowling gromets, ditched the corrugated plastic rigging tube in the splash well for the canvas style, and cleaned the "engine tray".
total came out to about $5k and took about 2.5 weeks for diagnosis, parts delivery, and reassembly.
took the boat back out on august 3rd. went from North East MD down to Tolchester, the crossed to the western shore and went all the way up to the Baltimore Inner Harbor. i hadnt been there by boat in almost 20 years and even though the city is severly going down hill, it was really fun and nostalgic for me to come in by boat. the Inner Harbor is really pretty from the water. It was the longest/farthest boat ride for the wife and kids ever and mine with this boat. approximately 5 hours of runtime. the boat ran great, and everybody loved it even though the wind kicked up to 20+ and hit 3 footers that were very tightly spaced for a good 1.5 hours (will be writing a thread on that separately).
went to restart to head back and the starboard motor backfired and didnt start. went to start again and it started but idled at 1400 rpm and sounded pretty bad. i shut it down, restarted again, and still running fast and poorly. pulled anchor and started thinking about the best way to get back 9 miles to the ramp. didnt want to idle on 1 for 2 hours. also didnt want to shift into gear when at 1400 rpm. decided to take take a risk and try to get back on 2. before putting the starboard into gear, i brought the boat up to about 10kts with the port motor so it wouldnt shock load the lower when putting the starboard into gear. that worked and it went into gear with out issue. in gear it ran poorly too. figured what the hell and tried to bring both motors up and get on plane. got up no problem and both ran great. ran at 3500 most of the way, even pinned it and both ran smooth up to 6k. no wake zone and marina, starboard ran poorly again. also learned that i dont like docking with one engine that isnt centered. didnt look like the pro i was at the resturant earlier. but i got it to the dock and on the trailer.
the marina was backed up at least 4 weeks for any service work. i asked if they could recommend another shop that i could trust to do good work so i could call them and try to get back on the water sooner. they gave a suggestion, i called them, and ended up dropping it off that friday.
turned out that the back fire blew out an o-ring in the intake and created a vacuum leak. i had the shop completely re-build intakes on both motors. replaced all o-rings/gaskets and any hardware that didnt look perfect. they also found that the fuel hose from the raycor to the starboard engine was an older style gray hose with the clear lining. the lining was all bunched up. they replaced it with a black shields style hose. dyno tested to confirm that it was running propperly when complete.
while it was there, i asked them to address a fuel leak from the port motor that has been going on since i had the boat (last season and this one). turned out to be the vst over flowing and pouring out the breather (located in one of the cowling release levers). the vst had significant corrosion inside so i had them blast the vst and completely re-build it (new needles, floats, filters, etc). did the same for the vst on the other motor as well.
also replaced some cowling gromets, ditched the corrugated plastic rigging tube in the splash well for the canvas style, and cleaned the "engine tray".
total came out to about $5k and took about 2.5 weeks for diagnosis, parts delivery, and reassembly.
took the boat back out on august 3rd. went from North East MD down to Tolchester, the crossed to the western shore and went all the way up to the Baltimore Inner Harbor. i hadnt been there by boat in almost 20 years and even though the city is severly going down hill, it was really fun and nostalgic for me to come in by boat. the Inner Harbor is really pretty from the water. It was the longest/farthest boat ride for the wife and kids ever and mine with this boat. approximately 5 hours of runtime. the boat ran great, and everybody loved it even though the wind kicked up to 20+ and hit 3 footers that were very tightly spaced for a good 1.5 hours (will be writing a thread on that separately).
