Hello all, I did some searching but never found answers to my questions so here goes. I am a year owner of a well taken care of (I.M.O.) 92 Bayliner Capri with a 4.3L Mercruiser I/O after winter storage and in the water for the first time this season, it is kinda slow or doggy it seems. I put it in the water last night checked good for leaks, none. Figured next step would be to start it up, after a long time of cranking and waiting I'd say maybe 10 times of this it finally made signs that ok I am going to run and then maybe within the next 5 attempts it did finally start and stay running. I had put the throttle all the way open a couple times in there,
but after finally getting it to start it was in the normal idle spot, to give it any throttle would cause it to immediately die, a few more attempts and it stayed running fine.
I let it get warm and then figured I'd work some of the bugs out of it and take it out on the water. (wife, & daughter with me) It didn't have good take off like last year, the boat was winterized at a boat dealers shop, so they should no how to do the winterization!! It did finally get up to top speed and semi mellowed out. Do I need dry gas, do I need carb cleaned, what about spark plugs, & other maint type things? All these questions I've asked myself but was looking for a little help from the pros on this forum.
Next concern is while going through channels, and around others I know that you are not to create a wake. (wife, daughter, & self included took a boaters safety class last year) The boat creates a wake when it is idleing along and I am told to slow down yet others end up going around me without creating the wake I seem to be, do I need something different, prop, trim tab. I do have a hard plastic fin shaped thing that is bolted on top of the outdrive does this cause this?
Sorry for the long story and thanks for any help or advice you can give
but after finally getting it to start it was in the normal idle spot, to give it any throttle would cause it to immediately die, a few more attempts and it stayed running fine. I let it get warm and then figured I'd work some of the bugs out of it and take it out on the water. (wife, & daughter with me)
It didn't have good take off like last year, the boat was winterized at a boat dealers shop, so they should no how to do the winterization!! It did finally get up to top speed and semi mellowed out. Do I need dry gas, do I need carb cleaned, what about spark plugs, & other maint type things? All these questions I've asked myself but was looking for a little help from the pros on this forum. Next concern is while going through channels, and around others I know that you are not to create a wake. (wife, daughter, & self included took a boaters safety class last year) The boat creates a wake when it is idleing along and I am told to slow down
yet others end up going around me without creating the wake I seem to be, do I need something different, prop, trim tab. I do have a hard plastic fin shaped thing that is bolted on top of the outdrive does this cause this?Sorry for the long story and thanks for any help or advice you can give
