Hey guys, this is my first boat, a Dusky 1992, with the OceanRunner Motor. I bought it about 3 months ago and on the test drive it worked like a charm. After i took it home that i was cleaning it.. there goes problems.
After a few outs the motor wouldn't start, the switch would try to crank, but it felt like NO spark was happening, took it to the mechanic, and i got charged $250 just to change the sparkplugs, clean out the contacts of the thing where the sparkplugs are conected, replace a broken screw and replace the switch, cuz acording to him, it was grounded.
Well, i left happy and when i take the boat to the water it worked fine 2 times, then it died on me while a storm was aproaching in the middle of the night, and MAN i had a scare.
After that night, i drained the fuel tank, and cleaned the fuel filter, and replaced the primer.
Went out and and the motor worked fine at the dock, as soon as i start moving, it turned off and after 1 hour and almost 1 batery drained it turned on.
i called the mechanic while i was there and he told me to trim the motor and wait a bit in case it was drowned.. told me to kill electricity in case the powerpack was bad, and a few other things.
I just know it worked. I did what any newbie would do.. GO OUT TO FISH.. i did turn off and turned it on a few times before going to the reefs and it worked fine.
That night it was perfect.
Next time i go out which was last sunday. It turned on perfect at the ramp and i was iddle for a bit to get to a bay fishing spot and while running on NO wake zone, the engine DIES on me again. Then i see fuel on the water, and it wouldn't turn on for the life of it.. I checked the conections everything was fine as far as my eye could see..
Well, after like 15 minutes it turned on again and i arrived at my fishing spot.
Fished for like 2 hours and then .. BAM it doesn't want to turn on again.
I checked with a screwdriver inside one of the sparkplugs cables for sparks, and sadly there isn't ANY.
Have you guys any idea of what could be going on? I mean, i can't go out again with this uncertainty, because ima be stranded out there or im going to blow up the starter, because MAN i try a million times.
Also while i was trying to turn it on, i pushed in the switch to choke it and sometimes it would do like a short and would kill the breaker on the perko batery switch.
And to top it off after i got it to turn on, on sunday that im going back to the ramp. THE SWITCH wouldn't turn off the engine!!! i had to remove the sparkplugs cables in order for it to turn off.. IM SO FRuSTRATD!! its my first boat and i gotta say this.. i should've listened to those that sais. Bust Out Another Thousand. lol
After a few outs the motor wouldn't start, the switch would try to crank, but it felt like NO spark was happening, took it to the mechanic, and i got charged $250 just to change the sparkplugs, clean out the contacts of the thing where the sparkplugs are conected, replace a broken screw and replace the switch, cuz acording to him, it was grounded.
Well, i left happy and when i take the boat to the water it worked fine 2 times, then it died on me while a storm was aproaching in the middle of the night, and MAN i had a scare.
After that night, i drained the fuel tank, and cleaned the fuel filter, and replaced the primer.
Went out and and the motor worked fine at the dock, as soon as i start moving, it turned off and after 1 hour and almost 1 batery drained it turned on.
i called the mechanic while i was there and he told me to trim the motor and wait a bit in case it was drowned.. told me to kill electricity in case the powerpack was bad, and a few other things.
I just know it worked. I did what any newbie would do.. GO OUT TO FISH.. i did turn off and turned it on a few times before going to the reefs and it worked fine.
That night it was perfect.
Next time i go out which was last sunday. It turned on perfect at the ramp and i was iddle for a bit to get to a bay fishing spot and while running on NO wake zone, the engine DIES on me again. Then i see fuel on the water, and it wouldn't turn on for the life of it.. I checked the conections everything was fine as far as my eye could see..
Well, after like 15 minutes it turned on again and i arrived at my fishing spot.
Fished for like 2 hours and then .. BAM it doesn't want to turn on again.
I checked with a screwdriver inside one of the sparkplugs cables for sparks, and sadly there isn't ANY.
Have you guys any idea of what could be going on? I mean, i can't go out again with this uncertainty, because ima be stranded out there or im going to blow up the starter, because MAN i try a million times.
Also while i was trying to turn it on, i pushed in the switch to choke it and sometimes it would do like a short and would kill the breaker on the perko batery switch.
And to top it off after i got it to turn on, on sunday that im going back to the ramp. THE SWITCH wouldn't turn off the engine!!! i had to remove the sparkplugs cables in order for it to turn off.. IM SO FRuSTRATD!! its my first boat and i gotta say this.. i should've listened to those that sais. Bust Out Another Thousand. lol