Ballyhoo
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Heading out to Havasu solo this afternoon, to get some things tightened up on our rig. Might launch on Friday if its above 65
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Getting service done on Friday. Going to dip it Saturday. After all this heat, now it’s cold. Bringing an extra jacket now.
I actually run my boat once before I do all the maintenance, just to make sure everything still works... and it makes it easier to change the oil.
5 months at most in a garage in LHC. I leave the tanks at about 1/4 to 1/3 full with stabilizer in them. I will fill it with fresh gas, and go run it around the lake. My main concern is just burning the condensation out of the oil, so I am easy on it for the first few mins until the oil gets some temp in it. I change the oil that night while it is still warm and easy to suck out, and do the fuel filter and water separating filter the next day along with whatever else needs done.How long to do you go not using it? We took ours out during the ballon festival.
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Don’t think I’ll be on the water any time soon lol
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5 months at most in a garage in LHC. I leave the tanks at about 1/4 to 1/3 full with stabilizer in them. I will fill it with fresh gas, and go run it around the lake. My main concern is just burning the condensation out of the oil, so I am easy on it for the first few mins until the oil gets some temp in it. I change the oil that night while it is still warm and easy to suck out, and do the fuel filter and water separating filter the next day along with whatever else needs done.
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Don’t think I’ll be on the water any time soon lol
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Don’t think I’ll be on the water any time soon lol
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Too lean? Bad injector? It does not look like it was detonating a ton.
Flat tops is getting mine tomorrow afternoon and hopefully have it done by EOD Friday as there is a small list.
Then Saturday for run, then put away till our easter trip at pirates cove.
@doneitagain In April I will have owned it for 2 years.
@LargeOrange
Long story short, I’ve had an issue with it getting on plane pretty much since I bought it. I played with a bunch of different props and it helped but never solved the issue. I thought it was the tuning as I was told it had a “safe tune” (bought it with maybe 3 hours on the rebuild). Still didn’t solve the issue.
Prior shop I used said all was well after every service (usually did two a year). Finally brought it to a new shop (so cal speed and marine) and Mario fired it right up and said it didn’t sound right. To me it sounded just fine but he said to the untrained ear it sounds perfect but to him, not so much.
Pulled the plugs and #1 cylinder plug looked brand new, and it had been in since the last service. Did a compression test and cylinder 1 had zero compression.
Mario said the #1 exhaust push rod was out of the lifter wedges between the lifter and the block. Exhaust valve was hung open. Piston hit the valve and bent the valve. I think it’s been like that for a while and the other shop never caught wind of it
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Any major damage? That really sucks..I bet it will get on plane when you get it back
it's wintertime. . . name the other shop and let the festival begin!!!
Mario is a great guy, you owe it to the forum to let us know who didn't "catch" this. . .LoLWas waiting for this Haha.
I mean, I’m not necessarily calling them out, they just didn’t catch the issue. I never even thought to check the plugs to see what they looked like before they were changed each time. I just needed a fresh set of “eyes” and it seemed to pay off
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In addition to dropping the boat off a Flat Tops, I went by Nordic to see if they could handle a small cosmetic repair to the underside of my hatch.
John came out and quickly assesed the job. He had a couple of guys remove the hatch and told me that he would possibly have it done in two days! Impressed so far by the way I was treated at Nordic.