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  1. Sea Rider

    Flywheel occasionally locks up

    That grinding escenario showed up recently after a long motor stop if that's the case while was running strong before ? Tilt motor fully up, remove spark plugs, squirt an overdose of 50:1 fuel oil rtio inside each cylinder, let it soak/penetrate for some minutes, spin the flywheel slightly...
  2. Sea Rider

    Ex RNLI Yamaha 75 CETO question

    Would recommend this nice and cheap induction tach : https://www.hardlineproducts.com/product/hourtach-meter-up-to-8-cylinders/ Can install it on the lower motor's front pan. Check Iboats, Amazon for them. Excellent to known current wot rpm achieved with current prop as loaded, going for prop...
  3. Sea Rider

    Water issues

    Sorry mate, but this is a Suzuki motor, not your beloved Honda motors you love boating and tinkering with. All other motor brands gaskets cedes over time and use due to heat and that happens to be a 22 year oldie motor to which absolutely nothing has been done up to date apart from using it over...
  4. Sea Rider

    Mercury Spitfire X7 vs Solas Titan HR 4

    That's the bummer having a prop that works well while lightly loaded revving towards its max wot rpm range or slight over untill you add extra passangers, pull tubes and the motor turning piggy slow to plane. Extra loads on hulls with high coeficient drag are hole shot killers. On such cases I...
  5. Sea Rider

    Water issues

    A matter to check if it's a water intrussion issue due to a faulty cylinder head, exhaust gasket or any other gasket that deals with water. Would suggest to torque back to factory specs the head and exhaust gaskets, over time and use will cede and will let water inside the crankcase which in...
  6. Sea Rider

    Trust the dealer?

    Surely it's been always that way, but right now the fuel cost has got much worse to the point I'm driving and boating much less than used to before speculative fuel prices skyrocketed way high. Going back to the OP's post : Which 4 stroke 20 HP motor brand was the dealer recommending going...
  7. Sea Rider

    Water issues

    This making oil which it's an oil dilution issue comes from the lack of reaching a higher temperature to evaporate the normal fuel and moisture that accumulates in the crankcase which finally ends in the oil sump. Boating escenarios in which oil dilution takes place : Operating at idle...
  8. Sea Rider

    DT85 Carb Settings/Tuning

    Welcome to IBoats, The posted data related to the in-out idle carb turns were excerpted from an Owner's or Service Manual ? With motor Off check if at min throttle if all 3 butterflies remains at same closed position, check same when at max throttle if all 3 butterflies remains widely opened at...
  9. Sea Rider

    Pontoons - Growth from being slipped...what is it?

    The Karcher Washing Machine it's a German state of the art product, will perform same as any high quality washing machine that connects to a water faucet. Don't have the least idea about which products to use to remove mineral deposits, my boating club uses them to remove salt water marine...
  10. Sea Rider

    Trust the dealer?

    In reality you can power large light alum boats, Ribs with whichever portable motor you prefer from as low as 8 HP to 30 HP ones ideal for fast displacement to extra fun plane speeds. More efficient hull designs requires less HP motors to less efficient ones that's comparing 2 boats with equal...
  11. Sea Rider

    Water issues

    You're Welcome, If trolling for too long definitely, it's specified as being the major cause for making oil. In that case change your oil at each 50 run hours instead the usual 100 run hours if finding water shooks you. LOL!! Happy Boating
  12. Sea Rider

    No pee Johnson outboard

    For me all this troubleshooting and associated waste of time and energy is full of wild guessing answers.. Isn't known till know if it's a fresh or salt motor used for the last 33 years of operation ? Does this motor counts with an internal sacrificial anode located inside any of their water...
  13. Sea Rider

    Water issues

    Welcome to IBoats, 4 stroke motors tends to make oil, that's finding water in the oil due to temp variations which produces condensation inside the oil pan. It's the spirit of such beasts... Happy Boating
  14. Sea Rider

    Mercury Spitfire X7 vs Solas Titan HR 4

    If you haven't tached any of the previous mentioned tested props at wot as loaded with that Merc 115 HP motor, will have no idea which wot rpm numbers each one dialed. Need to know current installed prop's wot rpm and from there go for less pitched props whether 3 or 4 blade ones for the motor...
  15. Sea Rider

    Trust the dealer?

    Yep, if not on a tight budget go for a 30 HP motor, will have more water fun and speed than with a 20 HP one. Happy Boating
  16. Sea Rider

    No pee Johnson outboard

    Do you think that the Exhaust Cover it's the only water passage located on such motor, Nope, what about the Cylinder Head and all the water passages located under the block and pan? With the peeing hose removed from the block, tilt the motor fully up, order a WD-40 can, insert the red cannula...
  17. Sea Rider

    Pontoons - Growth from being slipped...what is it?

    Boaters thinks erroneously that fresh impoluted looking water is free from contaminants, but no have their own invisible contaminants, same applies for motors run in fresh water for very long year periods. Get yourself a Karcher Washing Machine to clean those mineral deposits periodically...
  18. Sea Rider

    No pee Johnson outboard

    That's a 33 year oldie motor, if was run in salt water for such long years of operation need to remove the entire block from the pan, remove the exhaust cover if having one, the cylinder head and manually clean all their water passages including the ones located under the block, install new...
  19. Sea Rider

    Ex RNLI Yamaha 75 CETO question

    After checking cylinder compression numbers and if all plugs fires strong will add that the motor probably has the wrong prop factory delivered with for your particular boating purposes. ? What's the wot rpm revving numbers at full throttle as usually loaded ? RNLI is a Brit Rescue Service...
  20. Sea Rider

    Glastron GT-150 Ideal Prop for Slalom Skiing

    Everybody is talking about HP, speed, props, James Bond but don't see any wot rpm numbers achieved and posted with current prop pitch which is ? and it's imperative to know along the min-max wot rpm range factory stated for that motor. Surely that combo doesn't count with an installed tach to...
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