Well, after getting my new rig (1648 with 50 hp jet), it ran like a champ for 2 months. It would absolutely fly, and it would jump on plane in less than 2 boat lengths. But over the last few weeks, performance has been lagging. My boat takes forever to get on plane, and as it gets on plane, it cavitates like crazy. I mean terrible cavitation!!! The boat then runs fine for a few minutes, and starts to bog down, and i notice that I lose speed. Part of the problem is leaves getting stuck in the intake. Every time I stop to fish, I clean the grill, which is always clogged with 25+ leaves. But I do believe there is a bigger problem. I recently checked the gap between the impeller and the housing, and it was right at 1/32. It might have gotten jarred by a hard hit, but I just can't believe it. Anyone have similar problems? Suggestions??
Problem Solved! Thanks to the help of Joe Troutt, from Troutt and Sons, I was able to fix the problem. It seems I have a bad electronic rev limiter, and whenever I would give the boat full throttle, it would make the loud skipping noise (what I originally thought was cavitation). I unplugged the rev limiter, and took my boat out today, and it worked like a charm. So, my next step is to order a new one from mercury and install it over the Christmas holidays. For the time being, I am going to be running without the rev limiter, but I am going to have to practice self control, to keep from using too many RPMs
As always, thanks for the suggestions and input given. Hopefully this can be a learning experience for everyone on the forum
Problem Solved! Thanks to the help of Joe Troutt, from Troutt and Sons, I was able to fix the problem. It seems I have a bad electronic rev limiter, and whenever I would give the boat full throttle, it would make the loud skipping noise (what I originally thought was cavitation). I unplugged the rev limiter, and took my boat out today, and it worked like a charm. So, my next step is to order a new one from mercury and install it over the Christmas holidays. For the time being, I am going to be running without the rev limiter, but I am going to have to practice self control, to keep from using too many RPMs
As always, thanks for the suggestions and input given. Hopefully this can be a learning experience for everyone on the forum