I bought a 2006 Crownline LS early this summer that has a 5.0 Volvo in it. A few weeks ago I started noticing that when I started the boat the engine sounded rough and vibrated. I looked at the engine and notice that the steering mechanism behind the motor was moving rapidly back and forth...
I recently bought a 2006 Crownline 210LS with a 5.0 Volvo GXI SX (270 HP) and the boat is very slow to plane and can't even pull my wife (120 lbs) out of the water on a slalom ski. Once I do get the boat on plane it gets up and goes. WOT is about 5,000 rpms. The prop is a 14.25X17 so I...