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Took the boat out today.While crusing I heard something clunk.Thought I hit something in the water.Started giving it some throttle,and I could get 6000 RPM's....Also water temp was about 130 degrees,now I know thats not high,but I have no t-stat in my boat and the guage barely reads 100 degrees. WTF..Tried it a couple more times,same thing. I pull into a Marina since I needed oil(and forgot it) and lifted my outdrive.It felt like my prop had slipped up,and I was worried that I might have left it loose since I had it off yestedday while I touched up the drive.Of course my prop wrench is back at the boat launch in my truck.
Well I'm only about 10-15 minutes away from the launch,but at idle speed 2 HOURS.
So I get back to the launch,prop seems fine. I yank it off anyway and find a piece of plastic. So i take that out. About this time my wife informs me she is really sick and up chucking in the bathroom,and wants to go home. She says take one more blast,and she was going to go get the truck..
So I take another blast,engine RPM'S are now at about 5400 but I am only doing 60 mph on the GPS..
Any clues as to where to look guys...I thought maybee it's just my tach is going bad,but doesn't explain all the other weirdness....
HELP ME
Well I'm only about 10-15 minutes away from the launch,but at idle speed 2 HOURS.
So I get back to the launch,prop seems fine. I yank it off anyway and find a piece of plastic. So i take that out. About this time my wife informs me she is really sick and up chucking in the bathroom,and wants to go home. She says take one more blast,and she was going to go get the truck..
So I take another blast,engine RPM'S are now at about 5400 but I am only doing 60 mph on the GPS..
Any clues as to where to look guys...I thought maybee it's just my tach is going bad,but doesn't explain all the other weirdness....
HELP ME