LyndonH Dubai
04-11-2011, 03:56 AM
guys and gals
i need help from the experts
I was running my boat and she running well on Saturday
everything was fine, but then started to get a little brown smoke coming from the exhausts.
my exhaust flaps are currently missing so i could see it worse than normal and wasnt the kinda white steam you normally get
then a few mins later, the power went, and at nearly full throttle she would only maybe reach around 10mph.
we stopped here pretty quick, tried it again, she ran fine for few mins, then it did it again
i took her out of the water, flushed her out and she seemed to run fine, and when in neutral i revved her up and she sounded sweet as a nut
then when cleaning her down, i noitced we had somehow lost the fuel cap.
this could explain a lot, but has anyone had similar problems etc?
im assuming number one we were quite low on fuel, so it may and with the cap not on, the fuel wouldnt have been getting into the required area etc.
im getting it looked at and serviced and obv a new fuel cap (still not sure how the hell that happened, but hey!)
would this have caused any damaage to the engine at all?
I should have guessed, but something always happens when our family or friends come out to see us!!
any ideas please - as usual all your help is most welcome - my family of Moomba friends!
cheers:confused:
i need help from the experts
I was running my boat and she running well on Saturday
everything was fine, but then started to get a little brown smoke coming from the exhausts.
my exhaust flaps are currently missing so i could see it worse than normal and wasnt the kinda white steam you normally get
then a few mins later, the power went, and at nearly full throttle she would only maybe reach around 10mph.
we stopped here pretty quick, tried it again, she ran fine for few mins, then it did it again
i took her out of the water, flushed her out and she seemed to run fine, and when in neutral i revved her up and she sounded sweet as a nut
then when cleaning her down, i noitced we had somehow lost the fuel cap.
this could explain a lot, but has anyone had similar problems etc?
im assuming number one we were quite low on fuel, so it may and with the cap not on, the fuel wouldnt have been getting into the required area etc.
im getting it looked at and serviced and obv a new fuel cap (still not sure how the hell that happened, but hey!)
would this have caused any damaage to the engine at all?
I should have guessed, but something always happens when our family or friends come out to see us!!
any ideas please - as usual all your help is most welcome - my family of Moomba friends!
cheers:confused: