muskyfins
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2012
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- 578
Of course has to happen on Memorial Day weekend and with brand new non-boaters on board....
2000 Rinker FV 270
5.7 throttle body
0L636997
Bravo 3
Heater hose punctured spraying water in engine bay. Lucky I caught it within a few minutes, dropped anchor and fixed. Easy.
I think some of the spray ended up in flame arrestor and she sipped a little water. Started up. Idled a few minutes with a few minor pops until it cleared. Slowly advanced throttle. No issues all the way up. Runs smooth.
All normal except climbing out of the hole. Runs normal/normal power/RPM rise as always until the point where it needs to climb. Feels like not enough power to climb. Added more tabs down. Helped a little. On second attempt, she managed to get up. Everything normal from there all the way to 4600. Backed to down to 4000 cruise. All good.
Slowed down for no wake area. Exact same thing coming out. Feels very normal except right where you need power the most. Before and after that point all is normal.
No pops or other mis-fires. I'm thinking and hoping simple as fouled plug. They have less than 1 hour on them. I'll gladly replace them but would rather think it through before just replacing only to find out it's something else.
2000 Rinker FV 270
5.7 throttle body
0L636997
Bravo 3
Heater hose punctured spraying water in engine bay. Lucky I caught it within a few minutes, dropped anchor and fixed. Easy.
I think some of the spray ended up in flame arrestor and she sipped a little water. Started up. Idled a few minutes with a few minor pops until it cleared. Slowly advanced throttle. No issues all the way up. Runs smooth.
All normal except climbing out of the hole. Runs normal/normal power/RPM rise as always until the point where it needs to climb. Feels like not enough power to climb. Added more tabs down. Helped a little. On second attempt, she managed to get up. Everything normal from there all the way to 4600. Backed to down to 4000 cruise. All good.
Slowed down for no wake area. Exact same thing coming out. Feels very normal except right where you need power the most. Before and after that point all is normal.
No pops or other mis-fires. I'm thinking and hoping simple as fouled plug. They have less than 1 hour on them. I'll gladly replace them but would rather think it through before just replacing only to find out it's something else.
