List of possible causes..Where do i start??

[tammysoleil]

After becoming a boat owner I have lurked around to learn. It seems after reading most of these threads and posts that proper maint. will prevent costly repairs and stranding out on the water. But I just bought this boat, had a mechanic look it over, and was stranded in the water the first day. I took it into the boat shop, a bigtime place, and they assured me that they would look everything over and let me know. They put in an electric fuel pump, corrected some wiring issues, replaced fuel lines, misc. nuts and brackets.. Costing me 783.75 in labor , and 595.00 in parts= 1379.04... and it took over 15 days to get my boat back.. Got it back Saturday, took it out yesterday. Warmed it up, went to WOT and bogged down, nose shot so far up I had to stand up for over a minute to see!! Went to put a skier out and couldnt pull her up (115 ibs)- I have a 5.7L 350ci 200hp with an Alpha 1- I thought that would be plenty to pull a skier and not bog down. Then i pull up to the beach and other people tell me I am dumping oil?? I head back to loading dock, and see my oil press. is almost zero. Called mechanic, he said to WOT and it would raise back up. I tried, but it would die. Did it 3-4 times and kept dying. Its back in the shop... I had told mechanic about the bogginf issues and he thought it had to do with fuel pump.. Basically there are 15 causes for WOT- How much money is it going to cost me to get a mechanic to figure it out? And is it unreasonable to for me to ask him to put it in the water? What may be the culprit here?

 

[tammysoleil]

Re: List of possible causes..Where do i start??

Basically the list on your WOT- there are 15 of them on there. BUT I just emailed my Dad and he said the new fuel pump i had put in could have something to do with this new issue with the oil pressure. Anyone else wanna take a stab at why OP would drop to almost zero? And with a new electric fuel pump I thought my boat would be faster to plane, and it is still bogging wayyy down..
Anything at all would be great- I'd hate to think because I am a woman Id be taken advantage of by a mechanic!!

 

[Lyle29464]

Re: List of possible causes..Where do i start??

If you told the mechanic you were losing oil and your pressure was near zero and he told you to run it WOT He should be shot or sued not receiving money for you.

 

[tschmidty]

Re: List of possible causes..Where do i start??

I would think dumping oil would be a good reason for the OP light to come on! Fuel pump didn't necessarily have anything to do with the bogging. Nose shooting up is not necessarily a big deal but that boat should get on a plane and settle down after 3-5 seconds or so.

Be curious as to what they did for $1400 bucks though. And it's absolutely reasonable to expect them to do a water test at this point.

At this point it's a lot of unknowns to try speculating over the internet. I would hope you have a good mechanic that wouldn't take advantage of you, but you never know.