so last Sat after getting the boat back from Eberlin boats working on it i took it to the river. Tech told me when i picked it up that he had the motor at 4800 RPM in their test tank. well took it out Sat and with my wife me and 2 kids couldnt get it to turn more than 4400. wasnt sure if that was right weather it changed RPM with a load or not..after talkin to you guys and also another friend that messes around with Jets as well as Chris at Troutts that was not right everyone said the RPMs should stay the same at WOT as well as the thrust it would push it jsut wouldnt move as fast due to the load. well i called the tech back at Eberlin and he told me the exact opposite....so i thought i would take it down to the ramp today and leave it tied to the trailer put it in the water and start it up and let it eat...well imagine that i got it to 4400 and that was it. took some carb cleaner with me as well to spray in the carbs to see if it did anything diffrent.
before i did anything i checked the compression on the motor..all 4 Cylinders are at 100..checked the plugs and 1-2 and 4 look pretty decent and #3 looked like it was running way rich...it also has a leak out of the carb throat when you tilt the motor up...something else they were supposed to have fixed, noticed it last sat after pulling the boat out it was leaking.
so backed the boat in the water cowl and airbox off and throttled it up got it to 4400 and sprayed carb cleaner in the throats and it jsut bogged a little each time...would have thought it would have revved up.
so i pulled it back out and put the air box back on and the cowl and took the thing out on the river with jsut me in the boat and full of gas which is 24 gal (2-12gal tanks)...went up river wide open and best i could get was 4400 didnt matter what i did with the trim or anything.
so back on the trailer it went.
it also will not start at any time with out choke and fast idle and after its running it wont stay at an idle long at all so i know thats not right either.
im callin Eberlins back tomorrow and probably not gonna be so polite this time. pretty mad about this whole deal...had this boat a month had it out 4 times now and it hasnt ran right yet. ill have to say in my opinion thats a pi$$ poor way of doing buisness in my opinion.
i work at a new car dealer and if someone buys a car and it dont run right...we have to fix it no matter what the cost or what needs done and it dont leave till its running right. if we did buisness like this we wouldnt be in buisness long
im really not happy about this i have bought 3 boats from Eberlin including a $45,000 bass boat and have fished for their pro team as well as worked boat shows and sold boats for them. if this is how im treated ill have to say i wont be back for another boat and will turn anyone away that i can.
before i did anything i checked the compression on the motor..all 4 Cylinders are at 100..checked the plugs and 1-2 and 4 look pretty decent and #3 looked like it was running way rich...it also has a leak out of the carb throat when you tilt the motor up...something else they were supposed to have fixed, noticed it last sat after pulling the boat out it was leaking.
so backed the boat in the water cowl and airbox off and throttled it up got it to 4400 and sprayed carb cleaner in the throats and it jsut bogged a little each time...would have thought it would have revved up.
so i pulled it back out and put the air box back on and the cowl and took the thing out on the river with jsut me in the boat and full of gas which is 24 gal (2-12gal tanks)...went up river wide open and best i could get was 4400 didnt matter what i did with the trim or anything.
so back on the trailer it went.
it also will not start at any time with out choke and fast idle and after its running it wont stay at an idle long at all so i know thats not right either.
im callin Eberlins back tomorrow and probably not gonna be so polite this time. pretty mad about this whole deal...had this boat a month had it out 4 times now and it hasnt ran right yet. ill have to say in my opinion thats a pi$$ poor way of doing buisness in my opinion.
i work at a new car dealer and if someone buys a car and it dont run right...we have to fix it no matter what the cost or what needs done and it dont leave till its running right. if we did buisness like this we wouldnt be in buisness long
im really not happy about this i have bought 3 boats from Eberlin including a $45,000 bass boat and have fished for their pro team as well as worked boat shows and sold boats for them. if this is how im treated ill have to say i wont be back for another boat and will turn anyone away that i can.