Tainacious
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- Joined
- Apr 13, 2010
- Messages
- 5
Hi guys,
I posted here a couple months ago regarding my brand new Evinrude Etec motor stalling out every time I put it in gear. So I took it in (for the third time) and they finally found out it was a software update that was causing the stalling. So they "fixed" the stalling and now the boat runs, however, it's not running very smoothly at low speeds. As soon as I throttle it all the way it smooths out and feels fine but at low speeds It feels like it "putts" or bogs...not smooth at all. Being a new boat I would expect it to run silky smooth. I'm not sure if this is normal for a brand new motor. Is this something I should take it in to get checked out? I'm worried that maybe the shop tried to just put a band-aid fix over a more serious underlying problem that I took it in for in the beginning (regarding the stalling).
Also, being that I've had to take it in to this shop three times already I don't want to take it there again unless I have to because obviously they're not that good at what they do. Can I get the boat serviced at another shop even though I didn't buy the boat/motor from them?
I'm really hoping they didn't sell me a lemon.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Tai.
I posted here a couple months ago regarding my brand new Evinrude Etec motor stalling out every time I put it in gear. So I took it in (for the third time) and they finally found out it was a software update that was causing the stalling. So they "fixed" the stalling and now the boat runs, however, it's not running very smoothly at low speeds. As soon as I throttle it all the way it smooths out and feels fine but at low speeds It feels like it "putts" or bogs...not smooth at all. Being a new boat I would expect it to run silky smooth. I'm not sure if this is normal for a brand new motor. Is this something I should take it in to get checked out? I'm worried that maybe the shop tried to just put a band-aid fix over a more serious underlying problem that I took it in for in the beginning (regarding the stalling).
Also, being that I've had to take it in to this shop three times already I don't want to take it there again unless I have to because obviously they're not that good at what they do. Can I get the boat serviced at another shop even though I didn't buy the boat/motor from them?
I'm really hoping they didn't sell me a lemon.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Tai.