Recent content by drxlcarfreak

That would make sense. Seems like a dangerous situation. I dug into the wiring diagram a bit. It didn't really help. The fuel primer pump +12v shows as on the same pin on the starter solenoid as the battery, so that would mean its always hot. The ground goes through a 4 pin relay, where pins...

I finally dug into the jet drive manual, ok I see that there are two pumps. So I am guessing that the electric fuel primer pump is what should run when I turn the key to the on position right? When I was diagnosing a separate ignition issue I popped off the hose after the primer pump to see if I...

The 60 may be enough. I went with the 80 because that is what another member had. Honestly, after I got the tabs and saw the installation guide, with our hull set up, I think it would've made more sense to go with the metal tabs instead of the plastic ones, but these seem to work fine for me.

It must be tucked behind the carbs, I didn't see it. Though, if it runs at full throttle, and it takes a ton of time to start it, you are saying that the square box is the pump I should replace?

Yeah, this totally changes the way the boat handles. Its crazy how small they are and how big an effect they have. It almost feels unnatural getting up onto plane now. I don't think an extended ride plate will help too much more than these, I am just expecting too much from a small(er) jet boat...

Are you talking about this cube? I thought this was the only fuel pump for the engine since it is a carb'd engine.

My engine normally is typically slow to start between trips, usually about a week in between, which I knew when I bought the boat, no biggie, I just run the starter for 5 seconds twice at the dock to refill the bowls and then it'll start up. Recently it has been hard to start with even an hour...

Fair enough. Done and done! Thanks!

Duh... that was a dumb mistake.. Yes, my solenoid seems fine. The starter always spins and the gear seems perfectly fine. The only issue is the inertia drive doesn't protrude up to the flywheel to engage. Cool, I did spray some wd-40 in there once and it seemed to help for a week or so, I will...

We are having an intermittent issue with our starter not engaging. The starter spins every time I engage it, but the solenoid doesnt always kick it up to the flywheel to spin the engine. Being that it is nearly a 20 year old part, I was inclined to just replace it, but I saw that the parts list...

I have a 2001 Utopia 185 that I just got running well and am trying to get it to handle our choppy bay water better. Looking through the forums, I just ordered a set of SX9510-80 smart tabs to install for this weekends trip. My question is would I benefit from an extended ride plate as well as a...

Circling back around on this to close it out in case anyone has similar issues. I was stumped and finally took it to a local shop. It turned out to be one of the switch boxes, and for some reason they also changed out the stator, but they didn't tell me that they were doing that, so not sure if...

Bringing this back from the dead now that the weather has warmed up. After the last message I decided to wait until spring to continue to diagnose and I did a full winterization of the boat per the manual. We went to get it out last weekend to see if the issue magically cleared up (it didn't)...

Awesome thanks! It does look pretty small for a 210hp motor. Ill give this a shot and report back!

Thanks! I signed up and have been looking through the manual to familiarize myself to the engine. I am having trouble finding part numbers for the filters you mentioned. I thought that they would be in the manual, but no dice. I am also thinking to replace the air valve for the backdraft...