I have a 2006 300hp yamaha vmax on a skeeter icls. I had a 2009 ranger with a 225hp yamaha vmax. The ranger was set up with 2 36v 40amp lithium batteries in parallel with 1 12v 120amp cranking lithium battery. It had a 3 bank power pole charger hooked to them. I switched everything from the...
I recently took my lower unit off checking for a leak. I had it in reverse when I removed it. When I put it back together it would not go together. I tried turning the prop but that didn't work. I finally slowly moved the throttle towards neutral and it popped into place. When I took it out it...
Im sorry, a poppet valve. My pee hole was shooting water out but my moter was overheating when I was running at idle speed for long distance. The poppet valve was not working properly. Im on Belton lake and the water level is 17 feet low so alot of places you have to idle through.
I had a new impeller put on at the beginning of spring and a new peepop valve a little over a month ago. I probably won't get to it till Friday morning but if everything above the lower unit screws look fine Im gonna drain the lower unit, pull my prop off and do a pressure test to make sure the...
I am really hoping I don't have to do that. I watched some videos last night and it looks like a pain in the butt. I was very surprised to see there was not a gasket for the lower unit.
I just got back this morning and the bottom screw was behind the water inlet. It was definitely leaking oil from there. I trimmed the motor all the way up and wiped everything down real well. Gonna check back this afternoon and hopefully get a good idea exactly where it is leaking. I couldn't...
Hey folks I finally got around to pulling my boat home to change my lower unit oil and do a pressure test on my prop seals to see where a small leak was coming from. I just got up and made this video to show what I found this morning.
