New Larson Owner, Please help-Problem with Throttle??

[bmwbrian007]

Hello everyone. My name is Brian, I am 29 yrs old and I purchased a new 2008 Larson 208 LXi, 5.0L Mec MPI 260hp, a couple months ago for my family to enjoy on Lake Ontario as we live 3-4 minutes away from the lake. Last nite while my wife and daughter were out for a ride a strange thing happened when shifting the throttle lever from Netural into Drive and from Netural into Reverse. After I moved the throttle from N into D and began to slowly push the lever forward the engine stalled out completely and I had to re-start it. It re-started with no issues and ran totally fine. Later that evening when my wife was shifting the vessel from N into R and slowly moving the lever backwards the engine stalled again. It was like the engine was not getting enough fuel?? This it have never happened before and I do not know what to make of it. The engine is multi-port fuel injected so I don't understand why the motor would stall? Any advice would be great. Is there an adjustment to the throttle cable that needs to be made, adjsutment to the motor & ideal? I do know that when shifting from N into D you do have to puch the throttle lever a good amount (it must travel for a few inches) before any gas goes to the motor? Please feel free to contact me any time with any help. Thank you for your time everyone. blanglois@leojroth.com

 

[jimg984]

Re: New Larson Owner, Please help-Problem with Throttle??

Take it back to the dealer, if you mess with controls or anything may void the warrenty

 

[gprince]

Re: New Larson Owner, Please help-Problem with Throttle??

I agree, I have a 2006 208 LXI that had the same problem. The dealer fixed it in 20 minutes. Make sure they water test it though, it will work great out of the water but will only do it with back pressure on the prop.

 

[tredragon]

Re: New Larson Owner, Please help-Problem with Throttle??

Anyone who fixes this problem for you must test it in a tank large enough to provide good load on the engine. Any engine can run in a bucket fine then stall again under real load on the water.

They will most likely tune the fuel mix rich... at least that's how the older engines act when they're running lean.

 

[This_lil_fishy]

Re: New Larson Owner, Please help-Problem with Throttle??

Sounds like your boat is finished, I will come tow away it away for you. No worries I won't charge a thing cause I feel bad for you....


Seriously, possibly the idle is set to low or something simple. As the others said make sure they test it under load.


Ian