Hi everyone,
First time post. On Saturday mother nature took an unexpected turn for the worst and salt water continued to come over the bow. It was coming over faster than my 2000 Chaparral 196ssi could pump it out. The ski compartment on the deck was completely filled. We lifted the engine hatch and the water was filled to the bottom of the batteries (above the alternator but below the carburator). I could not go any faster than idle speed (if I tried to give it some gas I could tell the engine wasn't responding like it should, possibly because we had a boat full of passengers as well as several hundred pounds of water).
Once we made it to calmer waters we were able to pump all the water out and head home. At one point the engine did stall. I tried to restart it but it wouldn't turn over until I switched to the other battery. At that point it fired up first try. Over the course of that hour and a half of moving at idle speed that was the only time the engine stopped running, and it stopped for only a minute until I switched batteries.
During the offseason I had a new alternator put in and had the carb rebuilt. I would rather not do anything to these unless you all feel it's necessary. Any suggestions on what to do? Again, my engine was partially submerged, not completely. My friend recommeded I do the following:
Suggestions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike
First time post. On Saturday mother nature took an unexpected turn for the worst and salt water continued to come over the bow. It was coming over faster than my 2000 Chaparral 196ssi could pump it out. The ski compartment on the deck was completely filled. We lifted the engine hatch and the water was filled to the bottom of the batteries (above the alternator but below the carburator). I could not go any faster than idle speed (if I tried to give it some gas I could tell the engine wasn't responding like it should, possibly because we had a boat full of passengers as well as several hundred pounds of water).
Once we made it to calmer waters we were able to pump all the water out and head home. At one point the engine did stall. I tried to restart it but it wouldn't turn over until I switched to the other battery. At that point it fired up first try. Over the course of that hour and a half of moving at idle speed that was the only time the engine stopped running, and it stopped for only a minute until I switched batteries.
During the offseason I had a new alternator put in and had the carb rebuilt. I would rather not do anything to these unless you all feel it's necessary. Any suggestions on what to do? Again, my engine was partially submerged, not completely. My friend recommeded I do the following:
- Take off outdrive and clean out any water before the bearings corrode
- New starter
- Bigger bilge pumb
- Spray down engine and compartment thoroughly
- Check engine oil for possible water
- Pull spark plugs and check for water (he thinks since the engine continued to run I should be ok here)
Suggestions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike