KnotOnCall
Member
Hello all! Long time creeper here and wanted to thank the forums for all the helpful info here, (I've fixed a few issues with my lil boat by perusing through past posts like handling in low speed and choppy conditions by adding the Cobra Jet steering and Nautilus Smart tabs, figuring out how to add oil and run the motor with the small oil reservoir open to fill it when she starts that annoying low oil beep etc)
Had some questions....(apologies if they have been answered in past posts, I did search!)
I've had the boat 2 years now and notice that she starts and dies immediately unless I turn the wheel to get the revs up from the low speed turning throttle boost. Once shes warm there's no problem starting in neutral. She gets yearly plugs, filters, gas is always new or stabilized, battery is serviced. Anything else I need to do to remedy this? Any other yearly maintenance I'm missing? Hasn't been an issue since I have a slip where I can warm her up but won't next year...
Shes a Lake Michigan boat that sits in a wet slip for 5-6 months and gets pressure washed at the end of the season. We're planning a move to South Florida and were thinking about taking her with us for Bay cruising or sandbar runs. Would either do a boat lift or dry stack down there to avoid having to bottom paint. I know you're supposed to flush these boats with the motor off for 10 minutes after salt water use, but I can't seem to figure out where to connect the water hose? (Pictures would help...) What else needs to be done to make her salt water capable? Should I be concerned with seaweed and is there another grate/impeller etc I can swap? Anyway to clear the grate from the boat? Worth taking her to saltwater or should I just sell and buy an outboard boat?
Oh and whenever I'm moving forward at faster than idle and need to reverse, the boat lets out a ton of smoke. But only in reverse and only when its sudden or higher revs...any explanation??
Had some questions....(apologies if they have been answered in past posts, I did search!)
I've had the boat 2 years now and notice that she starts and dies immediately unless I turn the wheel to get the revs up from the low speed turning throttle boost. Once shes warm there's no problem starting in neutral. She gets yearly plugs, filters, gas is always new or stabilized, battery is serviced. Anything else I need to do to remedy this? Any other yearly maintenance I'm missing? Hasn't been an issue since I have a slip where I can warm her up but won't next year...
Shes a Lake Michigan boat that sits in a wet slip for 5-6 months and gets pressure washed at the end of the season. We're planning a move to South Florida and were thinking about taking her with us for Bay cruising or sandbar runs. Would either do a boat lift or dry stack down there to avoid having to bottom paint. I know you're supposed to flush these boats with the motor off for 10 minutes after salt water use, but I can't seem to figure out where to connect the water hose? (Pictures would help...) What else needs to be done to make her salt water capable? Should I be concerned with seaweed and is there another grate/impeller etc I can swap? Anyway to clear the grate from the boat? Worth taking her to saltwater or should I just sell and buy an outboard boat?
Oh and whenever I'm moving forward at faster than idle and need to reverse, the boat lets out a ton of smoke. But only in reverse and only when its sudden or higher revs...any explanation??
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