05-18-2010, 03:52 PM
I can relate. Two years ago I bought my boat. Took a friend who is a marine mechanic with me out on it's maiden run at willard. He went through the boat before I bought it. The boat auto rev limited down while we were running. He said it was overheating and the impellar needed to be replaced. I saw water spewing but he said it should be stronger than that. So he replaced that to the tune of a bunch of money. Took it out and it seemed to run fine but I really don't use the big motor except to get me to the fishing spot then I use electric or kicker. Later I'm running and it does it again. I checked out iboats.com and saw there is an in line oil filter that is most likely the problem. I told the mechanic about that and he replaced that to the tune of a bunch more money. I take it out to DC and it gets ugly fast. I hammer down and realize I can't turn left when at full throttle. Gears in the steering wheel were all screwed up but the auto rev limiter didn't kick in so there is one victory. Replaced that, more money. I then am out and my trim motor is skipping bad, then wouldn't raise or lower my motor. Had to have that rebuilt just now. Every time I turn around I'm throwing $400-$800 plus at a marine mechanic which I question if most of them have a clue on what they are even doing. Frustration is the biggest understatement I could state. I've paid more for repairs on the boat then I paid for it two years ago. The last repairs were done by wakeless marine in Manila, he seems to be a lot more knowlegeable then the guy I was using down here. He pointed out the guy down here had my sensor unplugged so who knows if it was fixed or not as it wouldn't have went into safe mode because the sensor was unplugged. I took it out Sunday but didn't run it very hard, next trip I will run it for a while and see if it's been fixed. Break Out Another Thousand is very true in my case. If I didn't love fishing so much I'd sell this boat and be done with it.
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