davescountry
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First, thanks in advance for the advice.
I have a 1998 135 OptiMax. I have been out about 3 or 4 times this year. I tend to do mostly fishing, so more often than not by driving tends to be more cruising around. I'd say 2/3 of my driving is at half throttle or less.
Last weekend i was out fishing on a pretty stumpy lake. I was at a very low idle, in fact I may even have been in nuetral. As I was making a turn, I think I may have possible come across a stump or something. I felt my motor buck and then die. This was the slightest bump and like I said, I may even have been in nuetral, that how slow i was going.
I fished for a bit, then took off for another part of the lake. After about 10 minutes at 1/3 throttle, I opened it up and right away my Oil/Heat warning light went off. I backed into neutral and shut down immediatly. I would say it was a solid tone, but I backed off and shut down pretty quick.
I double checked my oil reservoir, and would say its about 2/3 full. (I don't know what kind of oil is in there as I bought the boat the reservoir was full, but have been running it quite a bit just fine).
I started back up and drove around a while more. I can't say for sure that I ever opened it up all the way, or that I even drove it as long. Either way, the light never came back on again.
When I pulled out late, I checked the prop and lower end for signs of obvious damage and didn't see any.
Any ideas about this?
I don't know if I have a problem, or a problem getting ready to happen or if this was just some fluke as a result of possible hitting the prop on something. Clearly I'd like to prevent something from getting worse, so if there is a likely problem I'd rather try and fix it now instead of letting it get worse.
I probably need to change my water pump, since I haven't this year. I need to do some research on that and get some good detailed instructions since I haven't done that before.
Any thoughts are well appreciated.
First, thanks in advance for the advice.
I have a 1998 135 OptiMax. I have been out about 3 or 4 times this year. I tend to do mostly fishing, so more often than not by driving tends to be more cruising around. I'd say 2/3 of my driving is at half throttle or less.
Last weekend i was out fishing on a pretty stumpy lake. I was at a very low idle, in fact I may even have been in nuetral. As I was making a turn, I think I may have possible come across a stump or something. I felt my motor buck and then die. This was the slightest bump and like I said, I may even have been in nuetral, that how slow i was going.
I fished for a bit, then took off for another part of the lake. After about 10 minutes at 1/3 throttle, I opened it up and right away my Oil/Heat warning light went off. I backed into neutral and shut down immediatly. I would say it was a solid tone, but I backed off and shut down pretty quick.
I double checked my oil reservoir, and would say its about 2/3 full. (I don't know what kind of oil is in there as I bought the boat the reservoir was full, but have been running it quite a bit just fine).
I started back up and drove around a while more. I can't say for sure that I ever opened it up all the way, or that I even drove it as long. Either way, the light never came back on again.
When I pulled out late, I checked the prop and lower end for signs of obvious damage and didn't see any.
Any ideas about this?
I don't know if I have a problem, or a problem getting ready to happen or if this was just some fluke as a result of possible hitting the prop on something. Clearly I'd like to prevent something from getting worse, so if there is a likely problem I'd rather try and fix it now instead of letting it get worse.
I probably need to change my water pump, since I haven't this year. I need to do some research on that and get some good detailed instructions since I haven't done that before.
Any thoughts are well appreciated.