blueskies401
Cadet
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- Jul 16, 2002
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- 13
The engine also says it has Thunderbolt Ignition.<br />I bought the boat about two weeks ago and I have had it out 4 times before this weekend and it seemed to run fine. However yesterday I had the following problems. Any advice would be appreciated.<br /><br />1) Slid the boat off, idled to the marina for minnows (maybe 45 seconds). Shut engine down.<br />Restarted about 5 minutes latered and idled out of wake free zone (maybe another 45 seconds). Once out of the zone, I put the throttle down and it died. I restarted, eased down the throttle and when I hit about 8 MPH, it died. This time I restarted, increased the idle so the engine ran harder (15 seconds), pushed down the throttle and it ran fine. Later in the morning it did the same thing. The rest of the day it ran good. Any suggestions.<br /><br />2) Engine wouldn't shut off. Turned off the key and engine kept sputtering for about 15 seconds. I tried to choke it out, I finally pushed down the throttle to full (with the key off) and it killed itself out. It had never done this before. It did it again a little later, but it didn't sputter. We were tubing and skiing, so we started and shut it off frequently. Sometimes it shut off properly, other times it ran a few seconds. I just can't figure out a pattern. Any suggestions.<br /><br />3) Also, not a problem but....How often should I need to fill the oil in the lower unit? I checked it when I bought it and it was full. I went ahead and drained it and refilled it. <br /><br />Thanks.