Hello,
Just picked up a used 2008 Tahoe 215 deck boat. Boat starts great, idles great but when we took it out, it was really sluggish and then snapped out of it and ran with great power for a bit, then limped again. It did that periodically the first time out. Talked to a mechanic an he recommended checking and replacing the distributor cap and rotor. I did that, started in driveway. All good in N and in gear, reving just fine over 2000 rpms, but never ran it for long revved up.
Took boat out again and same issue, wont go over 2000 rpms, shakes/vibrates as its trying to rev higher. This time it never "snapped" out of it and wouldn't rev higher or run correct. I have it scheduled to be looked at by a mechanic in 3 weeks but hoping to find a solution sooner. I did swap the fuel filter as well. Boat started up quick after that so it seems its getting plenty of fuel to refill the filter and start up. I can check compression and see if that's good if that could be relevant to the issue.
The boat was professionally maintained its entire life by a boat mechanic and used pretty lightly. The previous owner did say they had the carb rebuilt 3 years ago and he thinks its the same issue again. He has been running no ethanol gas for "the last couple years" and that's what I filled up with. Any insight would be appreciated!
THANKS!!!
Mark
Just picked up a used 2008 Tahoe 215 deck boat. Boat starts great, idles great but when we took it out, it was really sluggish and then snapped out of it and ran with great power for a bit, then limped again. It did that periodically the first time out. Talked to a mechanic an he recommended checking and replacing the distributor cap and rotor. I did that, started in driveway. All good in N and in gear, reving just fine over 2000 rpms, but never ran it for long revved up.
Took boat out again and same issue, wont go over 2000 rpms, shakes/vibrates as its trying to rev higher. This time it never "snapped" out of it and wouldn't rev higher or run correct. I have it scheduled to be looked at by a mechanic in 3 weeks but hoping to find a solution sooner. I did swap the fuel filter as well. Boat started up quick after that so it seems its getting plenty of fuel to refill the filter and start up. I can check compression and see if that's good if that could be relevant to the issue.
The boat was professionally maintained its entire life by a boat mechanic and used pretty lightly. The previous owner did say they had the carb rebuilt 3 years ago and he thinks its the same issue again. He has been running no ethanol gas for "the last couple years" and that's what I filled up with. Any insight would be appreciated!
THANKS!!!
Mark