I BOUGHT MY SECOND TIGE IN A YEAR IN JUNE. I SOLD MY "PERFECT" 22v IN ORDER TO HAVE THE BIGGER MORE POWERFUL 24v . I PURCHASED THE VOTEC 380HP ENGINE. I AM STILL INSIDE THE BREAK-IN PERIOD WITH 13 HOURS. THE FIRST TIME I FILLED UP THE TANK THE STALL ALARM SOUNDED AND THE BOAT QUIT AS I WAS LEAVING THE GAS ISLAND UNDER IDLE SPEED. LATER WHEN I WAS PULLING MY 5 YEAR OLD ON ON HIS WAKEBOARD THE ENGINE WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS FLOODING. I COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED TO SMOOTH IT OUT, I HAD TO GO TO NEUTRAL AND LEAVE MY KID IN THE WATER WONDER WHAT I WAS DOING TO HIS PSYCHE. THE NEXT TWO TIMES OUT NO PROBLEM. THEN YESTERDAY I WAS RUNNING AT 25 MPH AND THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD WHINE AND THEN A THUD !I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO NEUTRAL AND PRAYED. I SLOWLY CREPT ALONG THEN APPLIED MORE POWER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE...UNTIL MY SON WANTED TO WAKEBOARD AND THE STALL/FLOOD THING HAPPENED AGAIN...
THE BOAT NEVER FIES RIGHT UP LIKE MY OLD ONE DID. IT SOMETIMES TAKES SEVERAL CRANKS TO FIRE IT UP. THERE ARE ABOUT 180 BOATS AT MY MARINA ALL USING THE SAME GAS. NO FUEL RELATED PROBLEMS REPORTED.
MY LAST COMPLAIT IS THAT AFTER SPENDING OVER $100,000 ON NEW TIGES IN THE LAST YEAR I STILL DO NOT HAVE A BOAT THAT HAS A PROPERLY OPERATING FULL GAGE! I ADDED 29 GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE GAGE WAS READING JUST ABOVE 3/4 OF A TANK. IT ALSO PEGS OUT PAST FULL UNTIL I THUMP IT TO GET IT WORKING.
THOUGHTS?
THANKS,
CURT
THE BOAT NEVER FIES RIGHT UP LIKE MY OLD ONE DID. IT SOMETIMES TAKES SEVERAL CRANKS TO FIRE IT UP. THERE ARE ABOUT 180 BOATS AT MY MARINA ALL USING THE SAME GAS. NO FUEL RELATED PROBLEMS REPORTED.
MY LAST COMPLAIT IS THAT AFTER SPENDING OVER $100,000 ON NEW TIGES IN THE LAST YEAR I STILL DO NOT HAVE A BOAT THAT HAS A PROPERLY OPERATING FULL GAGE! I ADDED 29 GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE GAGE WAS READING JUST ABOVE 3/4 OF A TANK. IT ALSO PEGS OUT PAST FULL UNTIL I THUMP IT TO GET IT WORKING.
THOUGHTS?
THANKS,
CURT
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