LSM
06-27-2009, 11:33 PM
Hey guys,
I've had my 06 LSV since the end of April. (Electronic Fuel Inj) It has 143 hrs on it right now. I've put 23 on it myself.
It has started and ran perfectly on every boating trip this spring except the past 2 trips.
One evening last week I put over 20 gallons in it then went to the lake. While idling around looking at lake houses the engine died. Just went from running smooth to dead. I reached down and started it up and it started perfectly. 15 minutes later.....it died again. I started it up and it ran for 15 mins or so and died again. I fired it up and run it down the lake at 27-28 mph for 8 - 10 miles or so and it never did it again.
At the time I was thinking bad gas but it ran so well the rest of the evening.
Today my wife dropped me in the water, I reached down and it fired right up. We ran down the lake, anchor'd out and let the kids play in the water. 1 hour later I fired it up to pull the kids on the tube and it started but was running very, very rough. I gave it a little gas but it ran so terrible that it finally went dead.
Following that it would not restart. It would only spin over. I waited a few minutes and tried it again only for it to spin. I tried it at least 8 times over 20minutes and it never once sounded like it was going to fire. Only spin and spin.
I pulled up anchor and started to paddle out into the main channel of the lake to look for a pull. After 10 minutes of that crap I ask my wife to try it again and it started right up as if nothing ever happened....."thank the good lord above" Paddling a 21.5 ft V-drive sucks......!!
It ran as smooth as ever. We ran it over 10 miles and it never ran rough again.
Its pretty low on fuel now so I'm hoping the gas was bad, but that doesn't make sense being the boat runs so well when it is running.........
Any ideas........?
I could hear the fuel pump priming for each attempted start...
I've had my 06 LSV since the end of April. (Electronic Fuel Inj) It has 143 hrs on it right now. I've put 23 on it myself.
It has started and ran perfectly on every boating trip this spring except the past 2 trips.
One evening last week I put over 20 gallons in it then went to the lake. While idling around looking at lake houses the engine died. Just went from running smooth to dead. I reached down and started it up and it started perfectly. 15 minutes later.....it died again. I started it up and it ran for 15 mins or so and died again. I fired it up and run it down the lake at 27-28 mph for 8 - 10 miles or so and it never did it again.
At the time I was thinking bad gas but it ran so well the rest of the evening.
Today my wife dropped me in the water, I reached down and it fired right up. We ran down the lake, anchor'd out and let the kids play in the water. 1 hour later I fired it up to pull the kids on the tube and it started but was running very, very rough. I gave it a little gas but it ran so terrible that it finally went dead.
Following that it would not restart. It would only spin over. I waited a few minutes and tried it again only for it to spin. I tried it at least 8 times over 20minutes and it never once sounded like it was going to fire. Only spin and spin.
I pulled up anchor and started to paddle out into the main channel of the lake to look for a pull. After 10 minutes of that crap I ask my wife to try it again and it started right up as if nothing ever happened....."thank the good lord above" Paddling a 21.5 ft V-drive sucks......!!
It ran as smooth as ever. We ran it over 10 miles and it never ran rough again.
Its pretty low on fuel now so I'm hoping the gas was bad, but that doesn't make sense being the boat runs so well when it is running.........
Any ideas........?
I could hear the fuel pump priming for each attempted start...