mthompson220
Cadet
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- Mar 31, 2012
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Has anyone ever had water get into their 2 cycle oil reservoir tank?
Last fall I had the pontoon out and experienced a "failure". Basically it would only run at half power, and it would not idle. It acted just like it did when I had a switch box failure and dropped 2 cylinders. So hauled it home and parked it for the winter.
The other day I decided that I needed to get it to the mechanic before it gets too nice out and he gets swamped.
I called him the other day to see where things stood and what the damages were going to be, and to my surprise he said that I had a good deal of water in my oil tank. Much more than you would expect to get from condensation. He said the oring on the lid seemed tight and could not figure how it got there other than someone putting it in there. He emptied the tank and said it fired right up? Now I?ve had water in my gas before on things like my lawn mower and such, and they just flat out refuse to run. This was running but only on what seemed like 2 cylinders. I did not have a good way to test the spark so I do not really know if they were all firing, regardless the engine refused to go over 3,000rpm.
I purchased the boat last spring and ran it all summer without issue other than the switch box failure early on. Now all of a sudden, it has water in it? I figured that it may have got in there over the winter, but we have not had much snow in our part of NC, and last fall was pretty dry. Plus it?s a boat motor, meant to be stored outside and on the water. One would think that getting water in a tank from some occasional rain would not be an issue, right?...
So I guess I am left wondering how that much water worked its way in there to begin with and if anyone else has had this problem. And if the water did get in there over the winter, the question then becomes what caused the loss of power last fall??
Last fall I had the pontoon out and experienced a "failure". Basically it would only run at half power, and it would not idle. It acted just like it did when I had a switch box failure and dropped 2 cylinders. So hauled it home and parked it for the winter.
The other day I decided that I needed to get it to the mechanic before it gets too nice out and he gets swamped.I called him the other day to see where things stood and what the damages were going to be, and to my surprise he said that I had a good deal of water in my oil tank. Much more than you would expect to get from condensation. He said the oring on the lid seemed tight and could not figure how it got there other than someone putting it in there.
He emptied the tank and said it fired right up? Now I?ve had water in my gas before on things like my lawn mower and such, and they just flat out refuse to run. This was running but only on what seemed like 2 cylinders. I did not have a good way to test the spark so I do not really know if they were all firing, regardless the engine refused to go over 3,000rpm.I purchased the boat last spring and ran it all summer without issue other than the switch box failure early on. Now all of a sudden, it has water in it? I figured that it may have got in there over the winter, but we have not had much snow in our part of NC, and last fall was pretty dry. Plus it?s a boat motor, meant to be stored outside and on the water. One would think that getting water in a tank from some occasional rain would not be an issue, right?...
So I guess I am left wondering how that much water worked its way in there to begin with and if anyone else has had this problem. And if the water did get in there over the winter, the question then becomes what caused the loss of power last fall??
