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Thread: Weird thing happened today
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11-13-2009, 08:25 PM #1Senior Member
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Weird thing happened today
I have a 99 outback and today decided to take out the boat for a little while to get in a couple hours riding. Since I have a ghetto set-up to fill the fat sac, I chose to fill it up at the house and tow the boat down to the ramp (not to far, about 6-8 miles). I get the boat in the water and it doesnt want to crank. Try for about 15 minutes tinkering with everything I could think of and still a no go. I load the boat back onto the trailer and head to the house. When I get back to the house and the boat put away, I decided to give it one more try. I hooked the water hose up, turned the key, and BAM, fired right off. I am thinking to myself "you have to be kidding me" and so I let the engine warm up, shut it off, crank it back up, and it fires right up again. Its dark at this point so I didnt take it back down to the water. So, my question is: Did the fat sac in the back of the boat have anything to do with the motor not cranking?
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11-13-2009, 09:20 PM #2Sled491 Guest
I highly doubt it, but stanger things have happened.
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11-14-2009, 01:33 AM #3
more info.....did the motor not crank over as in dead battery, or it cranked and did not fire?...not sure what a ghetto set up is? Guess i'm too old 48. Did you fill using your battery? then it had time to recharge on the way back from the ramp?
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11-14-2009, 01:48 AM #4
probably had water in the gas and the drive home mixed the water and gas. Well i guess the drive to the lake should have mixed the gas tank as well.
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11-14-2009, 02:40 AM #5
sounds to me like one of those Twilight Events. Paranormal. Supernatural.
Don't think they are connected in any way shape or form!
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11-14-2009, 10:17 AM #6
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11-14-2009, 10:51 PM #7Senior Member
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Thanks everyone for the responses. The battery is fine. The engine would turn over but wouldnt fire off. It would act like it was going to crank and then quit. No biggie, I am going to put it in the water tom. and go ride for a while. I will blame this on Friday 13th and just be happy I didnt break anything.
Ed,
Your logic is the same thing I was thinkiing. Its possible the boat was leaning in such a way that the gas couldnt get to the motor.
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11-15-2009, 08:30 PM #8
2007 Moomba Outback - going, going, GONE
2015 "NOT A MOOMBA"
Why Not? Play Hard! Get wet
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11-16-2009, 10:38 AM #9Senior Member
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I do not know where the vent is for the gas tank. On our fishing boat there is a vent coming out of the gunwale on the side of the boat the vents the gas, but on the Outback I am unsure of where the gas vent is. Does anyone know?
I took the boat out yesterday and didnt fill the ballast bags until I got the boat in the water and the motor cranked. It fired right up with no hiccups at all.
On a side note I wakeboarded for about 1.5hrs with only a couple of breaks in between. I am unbelievably sore today!
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11-16-2009, 11:20 AM #10Senior Member
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Gotcha. Thanks Ed!