helix_rider
04-09-2006, 09:12 PM
Hey guys, I need some advice:
I just got my boat de-winterized at the dealer. Today is was nice and sunny, and my 1 year warranty expires in a week, so I took her out to make sure everything was working as smoothly as last fall.
After cruising around for 10-15 minutes at idle +/- 5 mph, we set the Perfect Pass for 22 and started scoping out the lake for good wakeboarding water. After another 15 minutes, I ask my wife to stop...and I hear the bilge running. Nothing terribly surprising I guess, sometimes my fat sacs leak. So I open it up...and everything is dry. I think, "Maybe there was water in there from it raining when it was at the dealers." So I tell her to speed up and then stop again to see if its just 'slosh'...but no, the bilge won't stop running, and now I see smoke coming out from under the swim platform.
I ask her to turn it off as I open the engine compartment, and about fill my pants as I see a loose hose chugging out water like nuts!!! The large (2 in diameter I'm guessing) had 'popped' off the engine because the O-ring was not tightened.
Did I screw up my engine? I don't know when it popped off, for all I know it was off the whole time. I had checked my oil before going out, but didn't check all hoses. Guess I learned a lesson there, but I'm ticked that my dealer did such a poor job and worried that in 6 months my engine is going to die and they'll say, "Sorry, your year warranty is up."
Any advice for me?
I just got my boat de-winterized at the dealer. Today is was nice and sunny, and my 1 year warranty expires in a week, so I took her out to make sure everything was working as smoothly as last fall.
After cruising around for 10-15 minutes at idle +/- 5 mph, we set the Perfect Pass for 22 and started scoping out the lake for good wakeboarding water. After another 15 minutes, I ask my wife to stop...and I hear the bilge running. Nothing terribly surprising I guess, sometimes my fat sacs leak. So I open it up...and everything is dry. I think, "Maybe there was water in there from it raining when it was at the dealers." So I tell her to speed up and then stop again to see if its just 'slosh'...but no, the bilge won't stop running, and now I see smoke coming out from under the swim platform.
I ask her to turn it off as I open the engine compartment, and about fill my pants as I see a loose hose chugging out water like nuts!!! The large (2 in diameter I'm guessing) had 'popped' off the engine because the O-ring was not tightened.
Did I screw up my engine? I don't know when it popped off, for all I know it was off the whole time. I had checked my oil before going out, but didn't check all hoses. Guess I learned a lesson there, but I'm ticked that my dealer did such a poor job and worried that in 6 months my engine is going to die and they'll say, "Sorry, your year warranty is up."
Any advice for me?