Hello all my name is joey i am another beginner here, i bought my frist boat last week.
i bought an 82 sea ray, with a mercruiser 228 engine, and mercruiser out drive. Everything was great, got the boat home, regd and insured and was ready for the water.
Here's the problem: boat took a lil to get started but once started everything was great, drove around the harbor for a while to make sure it was good. Got out of the harbor cruised for about 10 min then went to grab a mouring, once I pulled the throttle back to the neutral position the engine shut off and would not start. It cranks and cranks but no start. If I put it in neutral to rev it I can get it started, but it takes some revving, but once I click back to neutral it dies. This is the second time this has happened. If I let the boat sit, say an hour, then turn the key bam starts right up and I can continue on no problem, but once this happens I just bring it back in and dock her.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
-joe
i bought an 82 sea ray, with a mercruiser 228 engine, and mercruiser out drive. Everything was great, got the boat home, regd and insured and was ready for the water.
Here's the problem: boat took a lil to get started but once started everything was great, drove around the harbor for a while to make sure it was good. Got out of the harbor cruised for about 10 min then went to grab a mouring, once I pulled the throttle back to the neutral position the engine shut off and would not start. It cranks and cranks but no start. If I put it in neutral to rev it I can get it started, but it takes some revving, but once I click back to neutral it dies. This is the second time this has happened. If I let the boat sit, say an hour, then turn the key bam starts right up and I can continue on no problem, but once this happens I just bring it back in and dock her.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thank you
-joe