mimoomba5203
06-29-2009, 07:33 AM
Over this past weekend I have had two issues - unfortunately I think they may be related!
I have only had the 2006 outback in the water for about an hour this year (before this weekend). Friday night the boat started ran great. Saturday we had the boat out 3 or 4 times - no problem - pulled one skier and one wakeboarder. Saturday night pulled 2 tubers for about 20 minutes.
The engine stalled once Saturday night, but it restarted no problem.
When I stopped for the night, I noticed that there was an oily substance in the bilge water.
Sunday morning the boat started, but then stalled right away. It would always start and would idle ok, but under load it would stall right away. I was able to run it for maybe 3 minutes without stalling once.
I had refilled the tank with fresh gas and put in a can of sea-foam gas conditioner, but it didn't seem to help.
My neighbor thinks that I may have blown a head gasket and that it what caused the oil in the bilge water and the shutting down of the engine.
Any ideas? I have about 160 hours on the boat total.
I have only had the 2006 outback in the water for about an hour this year (before this weekend). Friday night the boat started ran great. Saturday we had the boat out 3 or 4 times - no problem - pulled one skier and one wakeboarder. Saturday night pulled 2 tubers for about 20 minutes.
The engine stalled once Saturday night, but it restarted no problem.
When I stopped for the night, I noticed that there was an oily substance in the bilge water.
Sunday morning the boat started, but then stalled right away. It would always start and would idle ok, but under load it would stall right away. I was able to run it for maybe 3 minutes without stalling once.
I had refilled the tank with fresh gas and put in a can of sea-foam gas conditioner, but it didn't seem to help.
My neighbor thinks that I may have blown a head gasket and that it what caused the oil in the bilge water and the shutting down of the engine.
Any ideas? I have about 160 hours on the boat total.