Hi All,
Last weekend I purchased a 2005 3D with a known problem. The previous owner said that for the first 2-3 minutes or so, it would not have much hole power and would only get up to about 35mph max. After 2-3 minutes or so, the engine would bog down and would idle rough. I can confirm this is the case.
I replaced the old battery and bad rectifier and the symptom remains. I’ve ordered O-rings for the RAVE and will clean the RAVE this week.
I noticed some smoke in the hull, so I’ll be taking a look at that shortly.
I’m also tracing down the cooling lines and checking and cleaning them out. On the side of the hull are three weep holes. The left one is clogged. The right one is not visibly clogged like the left one, but that is not shooting out water either. When connected to the hose, water comes out the transom holes as I’ve seen in videos.
And my main question is what is middle pee hole supposed to be connected to? The middle pee hole hose snakes its way over to the battery side and is resting unconnected in the bottom of the hull. Is the middle pee hole supposed to be connected to something or did it get pulled off of an connection? I’ve read the shop manual and owner’s manual, but can’t seem to find any info on the middle hole.
Hopefully, I’ll have her on the water soon!
Brian
Last weekend I purchased a 2005 3D with a known problem. The previous owner said that for the first 2-3 minutes or so, it would not have much hole power and would only get up to about 35mph max. After 2-3 minutes or so, the engine would bog down and would idle rough. I can confirm this is the case.
I replaced the old battery and bad rectifier and the symptom remains. I’ve ordered O-rings for the RAVE and will clean the RAVE this week.
I noticed some smoke in the hull, so I’ll be taking a look at that shortly.
I’m also tracing down the cooling lines and checking and cleaning them out. On the side of the hull are three weep holes. The left one is clogged. The right one is not visibly clogged like the left one, but that is not shooting out water either. When connected to the hose, water comes out the transom holes as I’ve seen in videos.
And my main question is what is middle pee hole supposed to be connected to? The middle pee hole hose snakes its way over to the battery side and is resting unconnected in the bottom of the hull. Is the middle pee hole supposed to be connected to something or did it get pulled off of an connection? I’ve read the shop manual and owner’s manual, but can’t seem to find any info on the middle hole.
Hopefully, I’ll have her on the water soon!
Brian
