REELY NAUTICOL
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- Aug 6, 2011
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Hiya,
I hope that maybe someone can enlighten me as the the problem with my GT200.
here's the deal, Put the boat in the water, start engine - all fine, idles with some smoke at first then clears up. I motor out of the no-wake area, then open up to WOT, the boat labours to get over the hump, but soon gets onto the plane (It's a 20' Aquasport XF200 by the way)
We motor out for about 10-15 minutes then anchor up & fish for a few hours (maybe 3 hrs) during this time, theboat takes on water & the bilge pump runs a few times but the boat does seem to then sit lower in the water
so the bilge pump is not clearing all the water.
The engine starts up fine again but on the way back to harbour, it cuts out, no alarm (I dont even know if it
works) after a few tries it starts up, then dies then starts up again, I then open it up & after about 15 seconds it does the same thing as before, this process will carry on so, on the third startup, I just potter back at about 5 knots without further issue. Can anyone give me any pointers?
I hope that maybe someone can enlighten me as the the problem with my GT200.
here's the deal, Put the boat in the water, start engine - all fine, idles with some smoke at first then clears up. I motor out of the no-wake area, then open up to WOT, the boat labours to get over the hump, but soon gets onto the plane (It's a 20' Aquasport XF200 by the way)
We motor out for about 10-15 minutes then anchor up & fish for a few hours (maybe 3 hrs) during this time, theboat takes on water & the bilge pump runs a few times but the boat does seem to then sit lower in the water
so the bilge pump is not clearing all the water.
The engine starts up fine again but on the way back to harbour, it cuts out, no alarm (I dont even know if it
works) after a few tries it starts up, then dies then starts up again, I then open it up & after about 15 seconds it does the same thing as before, this process will carry on so, on the third startup, I just potter back at about 5 knots without further issue. Can anyone give me any pointers?