BAD NEWS ON A WEEKEND...
So yesterday I was skipping across the lake back to the marina. Everything was humming along beautifully (96' 250CR Crownline) at 3800RPM's. All of the sudden I lost plane and the RPM's went down to 2000RPM's. The throttle seemed to be sticking and I couldn't get it back into neutral. I shut the engine down and investigated it but nothing was glaringly obvious. I was able to re-start the engine and get it into nuetral but when I tried to shift back into forward or reverse the gears would not engage. After a couple times of attempting to shift into F / R the throttle seemed to get stuck and would be almost impossible to move.
It seems to me that the throttle cable is damaged and my questions are as follows...
1) What can cause a problem like this?
2) What are the steps in trouble shooting to find the exact cause?
3) Could this turn out to be more damage than I am envisioning?
4) What are the typical costs to solve this problem
5) Could I have forseen this somehow / did I overlook a glaring sign of wear?
Thank you in advance for your help! We've been getting some amazing days out here on Lake St. Clair (MI) and I don't want her to be shut down for a very long time.
Thanks Again!
Justin
96' 250CR Crownline
Lake St. Clair, MI
So yesterday I was skipping across the lake back to the marina. Everything was humming along beautifully (96' 250CR Crownline) at 3800RPM's. All of the sudden I lost plane and the RPM's went down to 2000RPM's. The throttle seemed to be sticking and I couldn't get it back into neutral. I shut the engine down and investigated it but nothing was glaringly obvious. I was able to re-start the engine and get it into nuetral but when I tried to shift back into forward or reverse the gears would not engage. After a couple times of attempting to shift into F / R the throttle seemed to get stuck and would be almost impossible to move.
It seems to me that the throttle cable is damaged and my questions are as follows...
1) What can cause a problem like this?
2) What are the steps in trouble shooting to find the exact cause?
3) Could this turn out to be more damage than I am envisioning?
4) What are the typical costs to solve this problem
5) Could I have forseen this somehow / did I overlook a glaring sign of wear?
Thank you in advance for your help! We've been getting some amazing days out here on Lake St. Clair (MI) and I don't want her to be shut down for a very long time.
Thanks Again!
Justin
96' 250CR Crownline
Lake St. Clair, MI