purplehayes
Member
- Apr 17, 2010
- 76
- Boat Info
- 290 Amberjack 2002, Lowrance HDS7 and HDS8 networked with BR24 and Standard Horizon GX2150
- Engines
- Twin 350 IB Merccruiser
Hello folks,
This is my first post. I recently purchased a used 2002 Searay Amberjack 290. I have been getting some intermittent issues with the port engine so thought I might post it here to see if the experience of others can help me get an idea of what is what.
Ok... The boat though being a 2002 has only 260hrs on each engine (roughly) that is from the digital readout from the device directly attached to the engine.... ok so the issue.
The engines ran fine when I brought it home, the next night I took it out for a short run, when we dropped the crab net the port engine stalled. It started again with no worries and continued to idle just fine afterward, we then made a small run to drop anchor but it was fine there as well. After we started it up again and brought it in it stalled on me 4 times... or tried to twice I recovered it with throttle, the other two it recovered just fine on it s own...
Today, I ran it to check it and it stalled but not fully down to 300rpm but recovered.... then the mechanics looked at it and we changed the fuel filters and added some fuel stabilizer. I idled it back to the marina where it was sort of funny but did not stall.... the rpm's were a bit sporadic.
Anyway took it out later in the afternoon and the engine stalled again after running for about 20min at low rpm... then I had some issues with the belt but that is not related... Took it out and ran it keeping it out of the idle range while fishing and then brought it back in where it stalled about 4 times needing throttle to recover it while trying to park it... after we were parked pretty much then it was fine....sat there at idle for over 5 minutes while I cooled them down before shutdown.
Ok so that is the history... I am thinking it is something to do with the fuel and the mechanic guru thinks that I need to run a few tanks of gas through it.... so, is it purely cause the engine has not been run much in the last couple of years and I am now running it or is there some other issue.... the computer hook up said that there was nothing wrong with it, in fact it idled fantastically at the shop for 5 min with the system hooked into it... didnt move more than 20rpm from the idle commanded rpm.
OK, if you have read this far THANK YOU, thoughts please.
Cheers
This is my first post. I recently purchased a used 2002 Searay Amberjack 290. I have been getting some intermittent issues with the port engine so thought I might post it here to see if the experience of others can help me get an idea of what is what.
Ok... The boat though being a 2002 has only 260hrs on each engine (roughly) that is from the digital readout from the device directly attached to the engine.... ok so the issue.
The engines ran fine when I brought it home, the next night I took it out for a short run, when we dropped the crab net the port engine stalled. It started again with no worries and continued to idle just fine afterward, we then made a small run to drop anchor but it was fine there as well. After we started it up again and brought it in it stalled on me 4 times... or tried to twice I recovered it with throttle, the other two it recovered just fine on it s own...
Today, I ran it to check it and it stalled but not fully down to 300rpm but recovered.... then the mechanics looked at it and we changed the fuel filters and added some fuel stabilizer. I idled it back to the marina where it was sort of funny but did not stall.... the rpm's were a bit sporadic.
Anyway took it out later in the afternoon and the engine stalled again after running for about 20min at low rpm... then I had some issues with the belt but that is not related... Took it out and ran it keeping it out of the idle range while fishing and then brought it back in where it stalled about 4 times needing throttle to recover it while trying to park it... after we were parked pretty much then it was fine....sat there at idle for over 5 minutes while I cooled them down before shutdown.
Ok so that is the history... I am thinking it is something to do with the fuel and the mechanic guru thinks that I need to run a few tanks of gas through it.... so, is it purely cause the engine has not been run much in the last couple of years and I am now running it or is there some other issue.... the computer hook up said that there was nothing wrong with it, in fact it idled fantastically at the shop for 5 min with the system hooked into it... didnt move more than 20rpm from the idle commanded rpm.
OK, if you have read this far THANK YOU, thoughts please.
Cheers