swick
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2009
- Messages
- 282
Re: force 120hp overheating
Ok guys. It was not the solenoid. One of my kids climbed in the boat and threw the power switch on at some point. I'm thinking that it must've been on for at least 3 days. Anyway, a guy gave me a used solenoid for free and after putting it on and still nothing I opened up my battery compartent again. Everything still looked good til I peeled back the red rubber that covers the terminals. The inside was melted just enough to interefere with my connection. So the cliking was simply because I didn't have a full power connection. I noticed the power switch on the night before I plugged my charger in. Shut it off and plugged the boat in, never thought twice about it. All that headahce for nothing. So after all that I'm even wondering if the starter I sent back was still good too. Guess it doesn't mattter, at least I got it replaced before the warranty expired.
As for the compression.....another story. After changing the head gasket the top 3 evend out a bunch. 150, 150, and 160. The lower one is 100. There was a pretty nastey scar on the cylinder, it moves freely and no obstructions, but its about 1/8" deep X 1/2" wide & 1/2" long. My dad thinks there is a bad or loose pin. But he said they would have to bore out the whole engine and install new everthing. He said just drive it as is and don't go WOT on it.
Ok guys. It was not the solenoid. One of my kids climbed in the boat and threw the power switch on at some point. I'm thinking that it must've been on for at least 3 days. Anyway, a guy gave me a used solenoid for free and after putting it on and still nothing I opened up my battery compartent again. Everything still looked good til I peeled back the red rubber that covers the terminals. The inside was melted just enough to interefere with my connection. So the cliking was simply because I didn't have a full power connection. I noticed the power switch on the night before I plugged my charger in. Shut it off and plugged the boat in, never thought twice about it. All that headahce for nothing. So after all that I'm even wondering if the starter I sent back was still good too. Guess it doesn't mattter, at least I got it replaced before the warranty expired.
As for the compression.....another story. After changing the head gasket the top 3 evend out a bunch. 150, 150, and 160. The lower one is 100. There was a pretty nastey scar on the cylinder, it moves freely and no obstructions, but its about 1/8" deep X 1/2" wide & 1/2" long. My dad thinks there is a bad or loose pin. But he said they would have to bore out the whole engine and install new everthing. He said just drive it as is and don't go WOT on it.
