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  1. Toyelectroman

    Gas or oil out of exhaust

    Recently i was running my 2017 Yamaha 115 on ear muffs in the driveway and after shutting down I could see a slight rainbow slick in the water on the driveway. Should I be concerned or is it normal?
  2. Toyelectroman

    Parking boat in driveway

    I am slightly venting but do have a question about parking boat in driveway. So I will start off by saying I live in a HOA, so I know I have that I have that going against me. Last week I brought my boat home and parked in my driveway to give it a good cleaning, and per the rules I am allowed...
  3. Toyelectroman

    Battery powered pressure washer

    Anybody use a battery powered pressure washer to do some light cleaning on there boat? If so does it help or should I continue to trailer my boat to the car wash? Currently I keep my boat on the trailer and there is no electic or water hook up where it is parked. My thought was I could just fill...
  4. Toyelectroman

    Best diy wax?

    Getting ready to do the final clean on my boat before she goes to sleep for a couple months. In the past I would polish some of the spots that had a slight oxidation in the blue gel coat and finish with collinite fleetwax. Wondering if there is something better out there to use? Currently the...
  5. Toyelectroman

    What does wood free hull actual mean

    Seems all newish boats all claim to be a wood free design? So what are the transom's and stringer now made of if there is no wood. What happens if there is water intrusion in the transom and stringers? Is it the same process as wood in which you still need to replace or does water intrusion not...
  6. Toyelectroman

    Docking, how should my lines be?

    Have a question about keeping your boat docked in the water for the season. The dock that I keep my boat at the marina is the last dock in the slip. So I have nothing in front or behind me. So for a floating dock should I keep the lines tight against the dock or should there be some slack in the...
  7. Toyelectroman

    Yamaha siren marine

    Anybody have siren marine hooked up to your yamaha? Wondering if it will display engine data via NMEA2000
  8. Toyelectroman

    Change prop or leave as is

    I have a 2017 yamaha F115 and at wot I am maxing out at 5900rpm. Should I try to lower the pitch to get closer to the 6300rpm limit that yamaha says or just leave as is?
  9. Toyelectroman

    SternPad, SternSaver, Sternmate?

    Anybody use one of these to mount a transducer? Did they hold up? I really want to avoid drilling holes in my transom, but I also don't want to loose my transducer either
  10. Toyelectroman

    Stereo amp wire install

    About to install a 4 channel amp to power 4 6.5 speakers. Currently my boat has two batteries connected to a manual battery switch(not ACR). For the amp power wire do I connect to one of the batteries directly or to the battery switch?
  11. Toyelectroman

    Is YDIS like mercury vessel view?

    My last boat had a 115 mercury and I installed vessel view mobile that connected to my phone via Bluetooth. It worked out great for my needs. Now that I uave a yamaha I was wondering if there was something similar. Saw that you can buy a YDIS Bluetooth dongle. Curious if anybody has done this?
  12. Toyelectroman

    E15 and no REC gas

    With this whole E15 gas coming out what options do I have if I don't have the ability to buy REC gas? Would gas treatment like star tron work for E15?
  13. Toyelectroman

    Making extra step for ladder

    My current boat has your normal 3 step telescoping metal ladder, and I really need a 4 step ladder. Originally I bought a 4 step ladder, but the issue I have is to remove the current ladder I would need to get access to the nuts in the bilge. Unfortunately it is pretty much impossible to get a...
  14. Toyelectroman

    Garmin echomap 43cv to NMEA2k?

    Can the garmin echomap 43cv show engine data via NMES2K?
  15. Toyelectroman

    Nmea 2k to yamaha 115

    I will start off by saying I know very little when it come to nmea 2k. Picking up a boat with a 2017 yamaha 115 motor. What I am looking for is to display rpm, fuel burned, and gph. Since I don't have room to install a nmea 2k chartplotter. I am looking at small multi function displays. The two...
  16. Toyelectroman

    Factory holes in stringers?

    looking at a 2017 nauticstar and when I looked underneath I saw some holes on the top of the stingers. The holes are filled with foam. I assume this was done at the factory. Does that seem right?
  17. Toyelectroman

    Going to look at the sea doo switch

    My dealer will have a demo of the sea doo switch at their store on Thursday and plan to take a look. Originally when I first read about them I thought they where a joke, especially with handle bars instead of a steering wheel, but the more I thought about it I think it might be a good fit for...
  18. Toyelectroman

    Which deckboat 17-19 foot

    Sold my pontoon(which I loved) and am looking for a new or used deck boat. Wanted to get some ideas on boats to look for. A few requirements, I need to be able to fit the boat in my garage(or the HOA police will yell at me) and only looking at outboards(no I/O's). So when searching a few came...
  19. Toyelectroman

    New Tahoe boats quality

    Been thinking of selling my 20 foot pontoon and going back to a fiberglass boat. Was looking at a new 21 foot Tahoe 210s with a 115hp Yamaha. I mainly boat inland lakes but would to go play out in the bay at lake erie. I remember back in the day tahoe boats had a bad reputation, but wondering if...
  20. Toyelectroman

    Which waterproof spray for cover

    I am looking to treat my boat cover with a waterproof spray. My cover has never been treated as I use to store my boat in a garage, but this year I had to store outside. I plan on just ordering off if amazon but not sure which brand to use. Anybody have a preferred brand to use?
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