Bourbonator
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- Sep 29, 2014
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I had this boat in storage for a couple of years, but have had it out a few times recently. First time out it ran great with no issues. Did a few miles of WOT and a few hours of trolling. Next time out it was making a clicking noise that sounded like it was maybe arcing someplace it shouldn't be and it was running on one cylinder. When I got it home from that, I discovered one of the magnets on the flywheel had cracked perfectly in half and one half was floating around in the flywheel. I used some jb weld to re-secure the broken piece.
Took it out again this weekend and it started running on one cylinder again intermittently. It's also still making the ticking/clicking noise.. Maybe someone knows what might be causing such a thing. I can't really tell where it's coming from. I can hear it at about half throttle, so it's kind of loud. It also makes the noise starting at just over idle. It also idles a bit rough. I checked the magnets and they seem to still be secured.
I'm looking for some help with a troubleshooting plan of attack. I'm guessing I should start from the top and check compression, then check spark and maybe check some things with a multi-meter. If you could let me know if that sounds right and maybe give me some pointers on what and where and how to measure the spark and voltages or resistance or whatever that would be very helpful.
I am wondering if the damage to that magnet caused it to lose some of it's magnetism. I saw a couple flywheels on ebay that looked like they had decent magnets for <$100. I'd like to know that's the problem before I buy if there is some way to measure their effectiveness.
Took it out again this weekend and it started running on one cylinder again intermittently. It's also still making the ticking/clicking noise.. Maybe someone knows what might be causing such a thing. I can't really tell where it's coming from. I can hear it at about half throttle, so it's kind of loud. It also makes the noise starting at just over idle. It also idles a bit rough. I checked the magnets and they seem to still be secured.
I'm looking for some help with a troubleshooting plan of attack. I'm guessing I should start from the top and check compression, then check spark and maybe check some things with a multi-meter. If you could let me know if that sounds right and maybe give me some pointers on what and where and how to measure the spark and voltages or resistance or whatever that would be very helpful.
I am wondering if the damage to that magnet caused it to lose some of it's magnetism. I saw a couple flywheels on ebay that looked like they had decent magnets for <$100. I'd like to know that's the problem before I buy if there is some way to measure their effectiveness.