newbie here any glastron owners

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Back to the blower. Always run the blower for 5 mins before starting and while idling. Very important. Other wise your boat may go BOOM! Also try to keep your revs down to 2000rpm or lower while in neutral, especially on cold starts. You'll love the Glastron. I loved my '03 185 SF 4.3 since it was new. Sold it last year though unfortunatley

Thanks another great tip. all this is really helping me out i appriciate it cop

 

[Joshua Nichols]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Yeah run the blower.... Takes some getting use to.... She will pop bro seen it happen.. Make it habit...

 

[blifsey]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Yeah run the blower.... Takes some getting use to.... She will pop bro seen it happen.. Make it habit...

I'm finding it weird to just jump in our new OB powered boat and fire up the motor. Old habits are hard to break!

xavi08, outboard powered boats don't have a blower since the motor is out in open and not in an enclosed compartment.

 

[AZBoatDreamer]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Blower Question from another Glastron owner.

If I have the Engine Hatch open do I need to run the Blower before Startup?

For example running the motor on the muffs.

 

[Pierutrus]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

If I have the Engine Hatch open do I need to run the Blower before Startup?

For example running the motor on the muffs.

If you just have the padded top swim lid open, I do.
But if you have it completely open, meaning doghouse is tilted forward like you are going to work on the engine......I don't. Probably should, just to keep it a habit.:redface:

 

[blifsey]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Keep in mind also that the vapors are heavier than air and will settle to bottom of bilge/motor compartment area. Opening the sunpad likely does not let them escape. The blower pulls air from the lower part of bilge and exhausts it out the vent. The second vent is where fresh air is drawn in to force total volume turnover.

In a car/truck, the heavier vapors fall to open space because there is no bottom to the engine compartment. An opened bottom bilge might not float too well

 

[Pierutrus]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Here ya go xavi08. Scanned this out of my manual.

 

[dorelse]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

I used to own this 1996 Glastron GS185. I sold it b/c I fell in love with the older 70's Glastron Carlson's. Does it look famliar?

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Wow Thanks a ton guyz this is turning out to be more helpful than i thought great tips all around. i appriciate all the help. great site!

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Pierutrus : thats exactly what i need, the manual! thanks for scanning that page for me.

Dorelse : yes its a beauty exactly like mine

 

[Joshua Nichols]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Here is a question for you... What kinda Powerplant and outdrive do ya have?

 

[AZBoatDreamer]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Ok I will keep the habit of using the blower everytime before startup regardless if the engine hatch is open or close. Thanks.

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Here is a question for you... What kinda Powerplant and outdrive do ya have?

i have no idea what that is

 

[raymondpickens]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

He is asking what motor setup is in the boat. Open the hatch and see what it says on top of the engine,example. Mercruiser 3.0 , 4.3 , 5.0 .. Or volvo penta same number sizes. And there will be a couple letters after the number that will tell them alot about what you have.

It would be a good idea to read everything on this post.
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=300472



I see your a Laredo fellow, I am originally from Mirando City, I grew up on Casa Blanca Lake. Loved it.

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

He is asking what motor setup is in the boat. Open the hatch and see what it says on top of the engine,example. Mercruiser 3.0 , 4.3 , 5.0 .. Or volvo penta same number sizes. And there will be a couple letters after the number that will tell them alot about what you have.

It would be a good idea to read everything on this post.
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=300472



I see your a Laredo fellow, I am originally from Mirando City, I grew up on Casa Blanca Lake. Loved it.

ok i know what you mean ill post in a bit whats on the motor.

mirando awesome i go hunting over there, nice hunting spots! yeah casa blanca is where i hope to spend most of my time

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

ok sorry guys for taking so long to reply i was MIA for a while, the motor set up is a mercruiser 4.3 LX gen + alpha one.

 

['78 Crusader]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

Here's some Glastron websites for ya. .

http://glastronowners.com/forum/index.php

http://www.classicglastron.com/phpbb/index.php

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

thanks crusader!

 

[xavi08]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

I want to thank everyone who helped and gave me some advice i took the boat out to the lake for a while did all the steps i was told and took every precaution that was brought up. thanks a ton!!!!

everything ran great and there was no BOOM!

 

[blifsey]

Re: newbie here any glastron owners

That's awesome xavi08! Hope you have great fun with it this summer.