Ok, I'm not new to boats but it was always bass boats until my wife and I purchased an Ebbtide 2660 (26 1/2') bowrider last fall to make memories with our Grandkids. My wife and I finally got it on the water on May 5th for a test run before we have guests onboard. Never having a docked a boat...
You mention going up rivers. I have a 17' aluminum bass boat so not as heavy as your hull and it has a 24v 75lb thrust Motor Guide trolling motor on it. When I am river fishing and there is strong current I'm glad I have 75 lbs of thrust. My experience has been that trolling motor power is a...
Good deal, I appreciate your input. One question, if they show signs of cracking do you think I should go back with plastic or some type of metal plug such as brass?
I don't know if they added any anti-freeze. I don't see any signs they did. The plugs and hoses are disconnected and the service shop put a tag on my keys that the boat was winterized. Since this was a new to me used boat I decided for the first service to have it done by our local VP service...
This week I plan to de-winterize my new to me 8.1 Gi-J. I had a shop winterize it right after I purchased it last fall and do all the fluid and filter changes. As far as I can tell I have two plastic drain plugs on each side of the engine. I think the top plug on each side is for the riser...
I was looking for a large family type bowrider with a head area and really wanted an OB but just couldn't find anything in my price range and settled for an Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak 8.1 VP dual prop. A boat I tried hard to find and might be a good choice for you if you can settle for 25' is the...
My thoughts are you may be leaking from a drain plug that maybe didn't get tight from being loosened for winterizing or the other thought which is very bad is that it wasn't winterized or not winterized correctly and you have a cracked engine:-( I hope not but getting into the teens will do it.
This may not be necessary and I'm not being a "smart you know what" with this comment. I sincerely want to help. We all are at different experience levels with all things in life. We all at the beginning don't know what we need to know. Your comment in the original first post of, "BW-130...
Thanks everyone for your input. I feel much better about the situation. To be clear there are a lot of posts from early 2000 year engines that had issues. Water injestion was part of the problem but as mentioned I think that was either a poor designed exhaust system (risers not tall enough)...
This is spot on. The guide poles are too "whimpy" to deal with much side force such as from high winds or current even for a 16' boat. I just purchased a 26 1/2' bowrider that sits very flat on the trailer bunks. If there is any current or wind it is very hard to load and get the hull lined...
Thank you for your reply. So what you are saying makes sense to me, just before shutdown run the engine above idle speed for a short time to burn off any condensation but return to idle rpm before shutting the engine down. There were posts that were specific to run the engine at 1500 to 2000...
Hi Everyone, I'm looking forward to getting boating season kicked off here soon and getting the Ebbtide 2660 Ztrak with an 8.1 Volvo Gi-J in the water for the first time. I've read a lot of posts in various places about water injestion for these engines. I see some statements that are...
Thanks for your patience! I see now says the blind man:-) I now understand that I need to look up into the pump. I'll do that next time I'm at the boat. Hopefully it won't show any signs of the dreaded paint. I'm hoping someone will post the exact year that the paint stopped being a...
I have put new carpet on the bunks of a trailer but the wood bunks were is good shape so I didn't have to replace them. What I was told to do and did was to use heavy outdoor carpet, preferably from one of the boat trailer manufacturers. I was told to wrap the bunk and fold the carpet under...
