whitewheels
Active Member
Yesterday evning I finally got my newly finished resto build sporster le in the lake. New top end meant runing in the motor.
I´m a totaly newbie on boats and specially on jets
First halfhour at max 25% throttle went fine. Have 1:50 aditional oil direct in the tank so it was a bit smokey
This morning I went out on the second halfhour with max 50% throttle. No problem untill the exhaust gasket blew out just when we`re crusing slowly into the "docks"
New gasket and don`t forget the loctite will fix this I´m sure....
....but my questions.
When I got down to the lake this morning it has taken in aprox 4-5" of water inte the engine bay. Is this noting to worry on this "older" boat or is there a common problem/fix to this?
Also while out on the second run I feelt that it was pulling verry poor. I mean at 50% throttle I would imagen it was much quicker. The impeller and wearring is good but how about my "dock"? Is this to much veggitation for the jet? Have I stuffed it full of weed you think?
I´m a totaly newbie on boats and specially on jets
First halfhour at max 25% throttle went fine. Have 1:50 aditional oil direct in the tank so it was a bit smokey
This morning I went out on the second halfhour with max 50% throttle. No problem untill the exhaust gasket blew out just when we`re crusing slowly into the "docks"
New gasket and don`t forget the loctite will fix this I´m sure....
....but my questions.
When I got down to the lake this morning it has taken in aprox 4-5" of water inte the engine bay. Is this noting to worry on this "older" boat or is there a common problem/fix to this?
Also while out on the second run I feelt that it was pulling verry poor. I mean at 50% throttle I would imagen it was much quicker. The impeller and wearring is good but how about my "dock"? Is this to much veggitation for the jet? Have I stuffed it full of weed you think?