Hi guys took my boat out for the first time today,
It was a bit of a disaster, where we went there is a large 5 knot Zone, probably 500 meters from shore, so I putted along just above idle until the end of the no wash zone, I went WOT and it jumped up on a plane quick and was performing as id expect it too, after 4-5 seconds the motor started surging, so I backed off and the motor stalled, started it back up and it was unhappy but ran with a tiny bit of throttle, and came good after about a minute.
I richened up the mixtures by 1/4 turn and did a hole shot, no issues accelerating until 5-6 seconds into WOT
I limped it back to the boat Ramp and Inspected the engine, the ignition box/ignitor ?( the coil is mounted to it) was held on by 1 mount, the other two had broken off. I zip tied this to the engine making sure it wasnt grounding on the engine
Went for another test run, the boat appeared to run much better.
Exited the no wash zone and hit WOT up on a plane for about 8-9 seconds before I heard a knock from the engine, instantly I cut throttle and backed off. The motor was making a knock on idle so I killed the ignition. I got a tow to shore and inspected. It, the engine seemed very hot to touch drops of water on the cylinder head were boiling and sizzling, the tell tail was spiting out a little but but not what I'd call heaps
I havnt restarted the engine yet. Did my engine just overheat?
It's a magnapower 1057he
Any help would be awesome. I'm a little disappointed
It was a bit of a disaster, where we went there is a large 5 knot Zone, probably 500 meters from shore, so I putted along just above idle until the end of the no wash zone, I went WOT and it jumped up on a plane quick and was performing as id expect it too, after 4-5 seconds the motor started surging, so I backed off and the motor stalled, started it back up and it was unhappy but ran with a tiny bit of throttle, and came good after about a minute.
I richened up the mixtures by 1/4 turn and did a hole shot, no issues accelerating until 5-6 seconds into WOT
I limped it back to the boat Ramp and Inspected the engine, the ignition box/ignitor ?( the coil is mounted to it) was held on by 1 mount, the other two had broken off. I zip tied this to the engine making sure it wasnt grounding on the engine
Went for another test run, the boat appeared to run much better.
Exited the no wash zone and hit WOT up on a plane for about 8-9 seconds before I heard a knock from the engine, instantly I cut throttle and backed off. The motor was making a knock on idle so I killed the ignition. I got a tow to shore and inspected. It, the engine seemed very hot to touch drops of water on the cylinder head were boiling and sizzling, the tell tail was spiting out a little but but not what I'd call heaps
I havnt restarted the engine yet. Did my engine just overheat?
It's a magnapower 1057he
Any help would be awesome. I'm a little disappointed
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