So this is the situation. Ill start off by owning up to my OWN negligence. Im not going to be the guy that going to say " I let my brother/cousin/friend/dad/son use my boat and now there is issues" when they know damn well they made a mistake, but dont want to look foolish.
So we were on the river over memorial day weekend. travrling up mississippi river, againt current trying to avoid all out storm that was heading our way in the next 15 minutes. so we took off for marina 5-7 miles up river when my 1st tank had run out of gas. so i connected my back up tank that still had just a wee bit of premix left in it before fill up. Long story short, storm set in, in a panic, i connected to 2nd tank w/o putting oil mixture in. keep in mind middle of river and storm with 50mph winds, I was able to make it to a nearby shore to wait it out. Just to be safe we re-crossed the river to get gas, but while doing so, the engine cut out 2-3 times. after re-fueling, with oil this time, all was well and we continued up river, come to find out at same time storm kicked back up and we were taking on a bit of water. it seemed even with WOT, we were only moving about half speed. So in about a 3 mile stretch, we burned though almost all 6 gallons of gas. weather got worse so we beached it and went to knock on neigbors door.
when we go home, i noticed the prop was all mangeled beyond belief. i think it might have been something i hit in the water, b/c the engine jumped when were headed down river. so im wondering if this is the cause of my poor hp on return trip, and not something that may have happend by gas/oil issue. twice since i have started the engine with muffs, and both times it started right up, maybe even quicker than before. also before it seemed to have a sight misfire, but know there is none. dunno if it has anthing to do with the fact when i muffed it the engine if trimmed all the way out.
Any ideas as far as the poor hp on the way back, could the water in the hull, bad prop, or going up river contribute to these issues. i have included a pic of the prop.
thanks in advance
So we were on the river over memorial day weekend. travrling up mississippi river, againt current trying to avoid all out storm that was heading our way in the next 15 minutes. so we took off for marina 5-7 miles up river when my 1st tank had run out of gas. so i connected my back up tank that still had just a wee bit of premix left in it before fill up. Long story short, storm set in, in a panic, i connected to 2nd tank w/o putting oil mixture in. keep in mind middle of river and storm with 50mph winds, I was able to make it to a nearby shore to wait it out. Just to be safe we re-crossed the river to get gas, but while doing so, the engine cut out 2-3 times. after re-fueling, with oil this time, all was well and we continued up river, come to find out at same time storm kicked back up and we were taking on a bit of water. it seemed even with WOT, we were only moving about half speed. So in about a 3 mile stretch, we burned though almost all 6 gallons of gas. weather got worse so we beached it and went to knock on neigbors door.
when we go home, i noticed the prop was all mangeled beyond belief. i think it might have been something i hit in the water, b/c the engine jumped when were headed down river. so im wondering if this is the cause of my poor hp on return trip, and not something that may have happend by gas/oil issue. twice since i have started the engine with muffs, and both times it started right up, maybe even quicker than before. also before it seemed to have a sight misfire, but know there is none. dunno if it has anthing to do with the fact when i muffed it the engine if trimmed all the way out.
Any ideas as far as the poor hp on the way back, could the water in the hull, bad prop, or going up river contribute to these issues. i have included a pic of the prop.
thanks in advance
