Hello experts! First time post and you all have given me a lot of useful info so far and hope you can help me again.
I have a 1996 Challenger with the single 787 engine. I cleaned the rave valves yesterday and took it out on the water today for a test run.
It appeared that the valves have not been out since the boat was new. Initially, the boat accelerated much better than before, and was getting much faster than before. After bringing the throttle back to idle, I tried to accelerate again, and it will only get to 4,000RPM and about 10 mph.
I pulled the boat out of the water and tested it on the trailer where it got up to a quick max RPM. I put her back in the water and the same thing. Idle out, accelerate very well, idle, and stuck below 4k.
Possible cause, but not sure. My rebuild kits are a few days out, so I just cleaned and put everything back together.
BTW, I used the search function and was unable to find this issue. This is my first PWC so highly possible ignorance on my side.
Back story on the boat. I just got it from a relative where is sat for 2 years. First run basically stuck at idle. After replacing all the fuel lines, cleaning all the fuel filters and carbs, draining and replacing gas, replacing plugs, and running sea foam it ran well. Would only top out about 28mph, but started, idled, and ran well.
Thanks for any ideas, and again, thanks for all then info I have used on this forum to get the boat back on the water.
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I have a 1996 Challenger with the single 787 engine. I cleaned the rave valves yesterday and took it out on the water today for a test run.
It appeared that the valves have not been out since the boat was new. Initially, the boat accelerated much better than before, and was getting much faster than before. After bringing the throttle back to idle, I tried to accelerate again, and it will only get to 4,000RPM and about 10 mph.
I pulled the boat out of the water and tested it on the trailer where it got up to a quick max RPM. I put her back in the water and the same thing. Idle out, accelerate very well, idle, and stuck below 4k.
Possible cause, but not sure. My rebuild kits are a few days out, so I just cleaned and put everything back together.
BTW, I used the search function and was unable to find this issue. This is my first PWC so highly possible ignorance on my side.
Back story on the boat. I just got it from a relative where is sat for 2 years. First run basically stuck at idle. After replacing all the fuel lines, cleaning all the fuel filters and carbs, draining and replacing gas, replacing plugs, and running sea foam it ran well. Would only top out about 28mph, but started, idled, and ran well.
Thanks for any ideas, and again, thanks for all then info I have used on this forum to get the boat back on the water.
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