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So in April 2010 I bought a new 2009 Stratos 186xt with a 115 Evinrude etec. My first time buying a boat. Right off the back when I first put the boat in the water I had problems. Boat would die when I put it in gear. Brought it back to the dealership a couple times to fix and they were never...
Hi guys,
I posted here a couple months ago regarding my brand new Evinrude Etec motor stalling out every time I put it in gear. So I took it in (for the third time) and they finally found out it was a software update that was causing the stalling. So they "fixed" the stalling and now the boat...
Hi,
I am a new first time boat owner and just bought a 2009 Stratos 186XT with an Evinrude E-tec 115 outboard motor (new). I took it out for the first time last weekend and it started just fine but when I put it in to gear it would die out. This would happen in reverse and forward. This...
