puffitu
Chief Petty Officer
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- Dec 30, 2018
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New to this so bare with me.
Long story short; the engine ran fine last seven times I took it out. Yesterday, I noticed the temp gage acting up in high rpm, then loosing power/hesitating, then stalled. Couldn't get it started; almost as if the battery didn't have enough juice to power the starter. Before that day I had a mechanic do a compression test and the cylinders came in at 1=85,2=140,3=155,4=150. Today I tried to start it in a bin of water and same thing; on a fully charged battery-sounds like just not enough juice. so I tried to see if its seized manually and it was rather tough to turn the flywheel but got it to go. Pulled the plugs out and tried; perfectly smooth. Its got plenty of fuel, Checked plugs. Im thinking of replacing the impeller water pump thing and do a lower unit inspection since Ive not checked it since I purchased the boat about two months ago. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Long story short; the engine ran fine last seven times I took it out. Yesterday, I noticed the temp gage acting up in high rpm, then loosing power/hesitating, then stalled. Couldn't get it started; almost as if the battery didn't have enough juice to power the starter. Before that day I had a mechanic do a compression test and the cylinders came in at 1=85,2=140,3=155,4=150. Today I tried to start it in a bin of water and same thing; on a fully charged battery-sounds like just not enough juice. so I tried to see if its seized manually and it was rather tough to turn the flywheel but got it to go. Pulled the plugs out and tried; perfectly smooth. Its got plenty of fuel, Checked plugs. Im thinking of replacing the impeller water pump thing and do a lower unit inspection since Ive not checked it since I purchased the boat about two months ago. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.