hullofalottatrouble
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2005
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- 306
hello everybody.. wondering if somebody might have some insight for me here on a recent problem ive had.. <br /><br />took my boat out couple weeks ago.. started running a little hot so as i was slowly getting it back to the ramp when the engine died on me.. i could get it restarted fine.. but then found i couldnt get it to engage into forward.. reverse worked.. it would engage into reverse and stall when it did most of the time.. but would not engage forward at all... it just revved the engine like it was in neutral.. then i finally got into into forward and i could not throttle up too far without it sputtering and almost stalling.. and there was a somewhat unpleasant vibration.. <br /><br />so had that a couple other minor problems.. took it into the shop.. guy at shop said he did a tune up replaced a water hose.. fixed a bad ground on the trim tabs.. and ran the engine for an hour.. had no overheating and said he had no problem with it not engaging in forward or reverse.. he was just running it on a hose on the trailer.. <br /><br />fine i picked it up.. launched it yesterday.. and once again could not get it to engage in forward.. engine sounded great.. started right up.. idled perfect.. would go into reverse no problem... no before i started it i did run the throttle up and down a few times.. this may have been stupid.. but i figured.. i could easily start and stop out there like 5 times in the day.. so let me go from idle to full throttle a few times just sitting here and see what happens when i start it.. so i did it like 8 times from idle to full without the engine on.. to be clear this was without the neutral button pushed in.. so this would be taking it from idle to full throttle like 10 times as if it was in gear.. <br /><br />just would not engage into forward.. it is pretty obvious when the thing gets into gear and it was just doing nothing forward at all.. <br /><br />so what is going on here? Why would it be fine at the yard on the trailer and not in the water? should i not have pumped it a few times before starting? in any event i am going to try to run it on the trailer myself tomorrow and see if i can recreate this out of the water.. <br /><br />any help you may have would be greatly appreciated.. anybody ever had this problem/heard of this problem before? <br /><br />Thanks <br />Rob