Recent content by Brichjeep07

thanks for the reply. I'm glad you mentioned this, I hadn't thought of that. I'm used to just replacing a battery when its unable to keep a charge at 12 v or better. what you've mentioned does appear to have been the issue. I replaced the battery, the starter is able to crank the flywheel...

Hi all. 7th season with our Utopia, first issue with the engine. its the merc 240efi. Went to start it after swimming out on the lake yesterday and it wouldn't crank. The starter sprocket pops up and tries to spin the flywheel, but as it tries to spin it just makes clicking noises. Battery...

I'm on my 3rd season with my '02 utopia 205. the 240 has been a great engine so far, plenty of power. I've used it to tow kids on a tube and adults on skis, no issues at all. I have a family of 3, its very comfortable for us. Materials used in these boats seem to have been very high qualify...

I talked to Grant at Marine Max Dallas 972-436-9979. He said they would do the stator oil for $129 per hour of labor plus the cost of the oil. However, I'm not sure he really understood what he was agreeing to. At first he thought I was talking about the 2 stroke oil tank. I explained where...

Also tried Larry's Automotive and marine in plano, they said no jet boats. Tried Plano Marine, they said they wont touch it.

I just called and spoke with Randy at Eagle Mountain, joshdawg's suggestion. Randy said they will no longer service our boats and he didn't know of anyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that would. His basic reasoning is that even though its mercury, they're afraid they would get in to it and...

Thanks for the tip. Yeah, you're correct about them being slammed. The guy I spoke with at Jerry Whittle (the week prior to July 4th weekend), said they were two to three weeks out on service appointments. My primary concern is the Stator oil change. That pdf instruction write up stuck to the...

I'm in Frisco, having the same difficulty. Even mercury Marine dealers here say they will not work on our engines (I've got an '02 utopia 205 240efi). No clue why they feel they can't work on them. The closest I've gotten is Jerry Whittle boats. A guy in their service department told me they...