McKeemouse
Cadet
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2009
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- 7
Guys,
Cheer up a prospective boat owner. Today went on sea trial of a 19 ft McKeecraft with a "well maintained" 1999 Johnson v-6 carburated 150hp model J150pxees , ser # G04657274
Before launch, I learned that the boat had a powerpak failure and was limped home to the marine mechanic with only 3 cyl working.
Powerpak and optical sensor were replaced. Boat was run on ear muffs with no problem.
Today we launched in the intercoastal, motor fired right up and idled smoothly,
motored up the waterway at 3800 - 4200 rpm, no smoke from engine everything was going along fine.
I noticed the GPS had stopped and pointed it out to the mechanic on board conducting the sea test. He slowed down quickly to idle and while he was looking at the GPS for acouple of minutes the engine seemed to load up and get rough. He hit the throttle engine came up quickly ran strong about 30 sec then quit. Restart, idle, throttle, agin about 30 sec then quit. this went on for several more attempts before we anchored to see if letting it cool down would help. Nothing.
Needless to say as the prospective buyer I am alarmed and disappointed as the boat is in pristine conditiona and the right size features etc.
Any idea what might cause such a problem or if I can ever be sure that the motor can be returned to a state of reliability.
Owner instructed mechanic to fix the boat motor at whatever cost.
and we have another sea trial next weekend with the owner, scheduled for the entire day. Am I being foolish and should I just walk away despite my feelings for the boat.
A friend of mine suggesting asking the owner to agree to putting a couple of thousand of the sale price into escrow to handle any non operator induced engine malfunctions for a period of say 90 days from delivery. Does this even sound plausable?
Unfortunately I'm in that price point area where boats are older andthe reliability of engines is suspect. Is it realistic that I can get adecent fishing boat with motor 115 - 150 on a 18 to 20 ft hull in the 10k range.
I got cash if you think yours can pass the muster.
Mckeemouse
Mark A
Wilmington, NC
mma2220@ec.rr.com
Cheer up a prospective boat owner. Today went on sea trial of a 19 ft McKeecraft with a "well maintained" 1999 Johnson v-6 carburated 150hp model J150pxees , ser # G04657274
Before launch, I learned that the boat had a powerpak failure and was limped home to the marine mechanic with only 3 cyl working.
Powerpak and optical sensor were replaced. Boat was run on ear muffs with no problem.
Today we launched in the intercoastal, motor fired right up and idled smoothly,
motored up the waterway at 3800 - 4200 rpm, no smoke from engine everything was going along fine.
I noticed the GPS had stopped and pointed it out to the mechanic on board conducting the sea test. He slowed down quickly to idle and while he was looking at the GPS for acouple of minutes the engine seemed to load up and get rough. He hit the throttle engine came up quickly ran strong about 30 sec then quit. Restart, idle, throttle, agin about 30 sec then quit. this went on for several more attempts before we anchored to see if letting it cool down would help. Nothing.
Needless to say as the prospective buyer I am alarmed and disappointed as the boat is in pristine conditiona and the right size features etc.
Any idea what might cause such a problem or if I can ever be sure that the motor can be returned to a state of reliability.
Owner instructed mechanic to fix the boat motor at whatever cost.
and we have another sea trial next weekend with the owner, scheduled for the entire day. Am I being foolish and should I just walk away despite my feelings for the boat.
A friend of mine suggesting asking the owner to agree to putting a couple of thousand of the sale price into escrow to handle any non operator induced engine malfunctions for a period of say 90 days from delivery. Does this even sound plausable?
Unfortunately I'm in that price point area where boats are older andthe reliability of engines is suspect. Is it realistic that I can get adecent fishing boat with motor 115 - 150 on a 18 to 20 ft hull in the 10k range.
I got cash if you think yours can pass the muster.
Mckeemouse
Mark A
Wilmington, NC
mma2220@ec.rr.com
