LyndonH Dubai
07-31-2010, 05:35 AM
I have had recent problems with my boat and seemed to have it all sorted
But yesterday i seemed to develop another issue
I was at the petrol station on the water at the Creek at UAQ and was there a little while waiting, with just the stereo on
When we tried to start the engine it was flat.
We got jump started by a car from the club, and then started to wakeboard a little
But then ten mins later, i lost all power and the power display was going faded, then engine was stop start and very rocky kind of thing
So i limped into the dock and just as i was doing that the engine cut out completely.
My friend was thinking it could be the alternator etc, but when we got the boat out of the water, although the boat was heavy due to having the ballast bags full as we didn’t have any power to empty them, there seemed to be a lot of water coming out of what we think is one of the intakes for the ballast tanks? They are like two black vents, two thirds of the way back underneath the boat.
The water must have come out of there for well over half an hour
The boat did seem quite deep in the water and i wondered if this was leaking, letting water and then maybe affecting the connections in the engine and causing problems and then power cut out
The temperature didn’t rise or anything so i dont think there is any damage and we stopped as soon as it happened?
Anyone any ideas what this is and how it can be fixed?
im not too well up on the boat as not had it overley long, but I am assuming that the two vents on the uderside of the boat are the ballast intake?
Hope to hear another set of good advice from all you guys out there
cheers
But yesterday i seemed to develop another issue
I was at the petrol station on the water at the Creek at UAQ and was there a little while waiting, with just the stereo on
When we tried to start the engine it was flat.
We got jump started by a car from the club, and then started to wakeboard a little
But then ten mins later, i lost all power and the power display was going faded, then engine was stop start and very rocky kind of thing
So i limped into the dock and just as i was doing that the engine cut out completely.
My friend was thinking it could be the alternator etc, but when we got the boat out of the water, although the boat was heavy due to having the ballast bags full as we didn’t have any power to empty them, there seemed to be a lot of water coming out of what we think is one of the intakes for the ballast tanks? They are like two black vents, two thirds of the way back underneath the boat.
The water must have come out of there for well over half an hour
The boat did seem quite deep in the water and i wondered if this was leaking, letting water and then maybe affecting the connections in the engine and causing problems and then power cut out
The temperature didn’t rise or anything so i dont think there is any damage and we stopped as soon as it happened?
Anyone any ideas what this is and how it can be fixed?
im not too well up on the boat as not had it overley long, but I am assuming that the two vents on the uderside of the boat are the ballast intake?
Hope to hear another set of good advice from all you guys out there
cheers