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Gator167
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Issue: I hope someone can give me a direction, because I am stumped. I bought this boat and engine a week ago. Before buying, myself and the mechanic took it out on a big lake for a test drive and everything ran great, cruised at top speed, let it idle, everthing. So I take it out to launch. Engine start perfectly and we idle in a no-wake zone out towards the bay, where there is a moderate chop. We get there, I throttle it up and in about 15 seconds the constant beeeep alarms, that indicates overheating (gauge=175). I throttle back down to neutral and in a few seconds it stops. I try about 4 more times in the bay, same thing. Finally we idle back into the bayou to load up and I decide to go ahead and try it one more time. This time, its just like it was on test drive on the lake. No alarms, running 45 MPH, everthings perfect.
Why in the rougher waters I am having a high temp alarm, and in smooth water everthing is perfect? I have changed the thermostats and the impellor looked ok.
Tex: I have taken it to the outboard mechanic and he looked at the motor mounted onthe transom. Said it is mounted fine and shoulf have plenty of water pick-up.
Jim: What is a PCM and would it be something expensive to repair?
Jim: When I talked to the mechanic about the engine before I bought it, he said that he could not tell me the hours on the engine, because it did not have computer on it to hook up. I think its just the basic carburated engine. Could this still be the case?
Why in the rougher waters I am having a high temp alarm, and in smooth water everthing is perfect? I have changed the thermostats and the impellor looked ok.
Tex: I have taken it to the outboard mechanic and he looked at the motor mounted onthe transom. Said it is mounted fine and shoulf have plenty of water pick-up.
Jim: What is a PCM and would it be something expensive to repair?
Jim: When I talked to the mechanic about the engine before I bought it, he said that he could not tell me the hours on the engine, because it did not have computer on it to hook up. I think its just the basic carburated engine. Could this still be the case?