ClaytonAylmer
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Sorry for the long post but all the details are needed!
I just recently bought a 1988 Stratos 1700XL with a Cobra Outdrive. 3.0L-130HP. It needed a rebuilt carb(which I've completed in order to make it start.) Then I took it out for the first time, it would go in reverse (no big deal) so I idled out, and by the end of the no-wake zone it had already reached 200. I put it up on plane and it cooled back down. After about a minute of 3/4 to full throttle it felt like it was missing every other second and started heating up again. So after that, I thought the waterpump was bad so I replaced it. After replacing it, I pulled the hose off the housing to see if water would come out and it does not when dropped into a lake but when the muffs are hooked up to it, it does. When muffs are hooked up it runs like a dream, no over heating at all (even after an hour on the muffs.)
I took it out a second time after having the linkage adjusted so it would go in reverse. Same thing happened, I got to the end of the no-wake zone (on a small lake) and it had already hit 200 degrees. I went 1/2 throttle and no less then 10 seconds in it started to really slip. Almost as if the prop was no engaging anymore. I finally killed it. Started it again, put it in gear, it started to go forward a bit but slipped again and fell out of gear and revved before i put it back in neutral.
What is my problem??? I've read several similar problems and some say it's the engine coupler and others say to check the hub on the prop. My prop, when engine off and in gear, seems fine; so I don't think thats the problem. Could it be something besides the engine coupler?
I just recently bought a 1988 Stratos 1700XL with a Cobra Outdrive. 3.0L-130HP. It needed a rebuilt carb(which I've completed in order to make it start.) Then I took it out for the first time, it would go in reverse (no big deal) so I idled out, and by the end of the no-wake zone it had already reached 200. I put it up on plane and it cooled back down. After about a minute of 3/4 to full throttle it felt like it was missing every other second and started heating up again. So after that, I thought the waterpump was bad so I replaced it. After replacing it, I pulled the hose off the housing to see if water would come out and it does not when dropped into a lake but when the muffs are hooked up to it, it does. When muffs are hooked up it runs like a dream, no over heating at all (even after an hour on the muffs.)
I took it out a second time after having the linkage adjusted so it would go in reverse. Same thing happened, I got to the end of the no-wake zone (on a small lake) and it had already hit 200 degrees. I went 1/2 throttle and no less then 10 seconds in it started to really slip. Almost as if the prop was no engaging anymore. I finally killed it. Started it again, put it in gear, it started to go forward a bit but slipped again and fell out of gear and revved before i put it back in neutral.
What is my problem??? I've read several similar problems and some say it's the engine coupler and others say to check the hub on the prop. My prop, when engine off and in gear, seems fine; so I don't think thats the problem. Could it be something besides the engine coupler?