"Hi guys, took our 86 Bayliner
"Hi guys, took our 86 Bayliner Capri out for the first time. It's AQ131A motor ran fine it seemed, but the RPMs...we never even took it over 3000 or so because it seemed the back of the boat was digging in. Sounded like the engine was dragging, but it ran fine, just no speed. We didn't want to overdo it and watched temp and other readings carefully. This was our first time out, remember, and so I'd like to ask a couple questions. The water, coming out behind the boat, was shaped like a large whale's tail laying on the water. The propeller is the original size recommended for Volvo penta LH 15x17. (We might have reached about 10 MPH at 2500 RPM or so, and didn't want to strain the motor because it sounded bogged down.) Tomorrow we are going to check the trim on the sterndrive and recheck all our fluids to see that all are still normal. If the Cavitation plate missing cannot cause this kind of effect, I think we might need to have it looked at professionally.
What do you think?
Also, we were in fresh water lake, running the blower. We never ran hot according to the guage, but should there always be water in the fresh water reservoir, even when operating in and using fresh water blower? We keep reading reference to it, but think that is for salt water operation; it's not clear in the manual.
Thanks for your input!!!"
"Hi guys, took our 86 Bayliner Capri out for the first time. It's AQ131A motor ran fine it seemed, but the RPMs...we never even took it over 3000 or so because it seemed the back of the boat was digging in. Sounded like the engine was dragging, but it ran fine, just no speed. We didn't want to overdo it and watched temp and other readings carefully. This was our first time out, remember, and so I'd like to ask a couple questions. The water, coming out behind the boat, was shaped like a large whale's tail laying on the water. The propeller is the original size recommended for Volvo penta LH 15x17. (We might have reached about 10 MPH at 2500 RPM or so, and didn't want to strain the motor because it sounded bogged down.) Tomorrow we are going to check the trim on the sterndrive and recheck all our fluids to see that all are still normal. If the Cavitation plate missing cannot cause this kind of effect, I think we might need to have it looked at professionally.
What do you think?
Also, we were in fresh water lake, running the blower. We never ran hot according to the guage, but should there always be water in the fresh water reservoir, even when operating in and using fresh water blower? We keep reading reference to it, but think that is for salt water operation; it's not clear in the manual.
Thanks for your input!!!"