Ky Tundra
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I wasn't really searching for a new boat but a friend forwarded me a great deal on Craigslist and now I have another boat. This forum was great for helping me make the decision and fixing some problems along the way. Finally got everything in running order and took our maiden voyage yesterday.
The boat was seemingly well taken care of by the last few owners. Sadly the previous owner bought it last summer and then passed away unexpectedly. Has twin 454s with about 1100 hrs. Bottom is in decent shape, needs paint, but isn't too dirty. About half full gas tanks (fuel was in the boat, no idea of age. I assume its from at least last year) and full of water. Plugs, wires, caps all done last year. Fires right up, idles around 600 RPM according to the tach. Have a few questions:
The boat was seemingly well taken care of by the last few owners. Sadly the previous owner bought it last summer and then passed away unexpectedly. Has twin 454s with about 1100 hrs. Bottom is in decent shape, needs paint, but isn't too dirty. About half full gas tanks (fuel was in the boat, no idea of age. I assume its from at least last year) and full of water. Plugs, wires, caps all done last year. Fires right up, idles around 600 RPM according to the tach. Have a few questions:
- Have a Floscan fuel burn gauge under the helm. Was this a factory option? is there anyway to insure they are reading correctly or any calibration needed? Is the gauge giving a combined reading for both motors? It was showing around 4 GPH at low rpms and jumping to 8-10 range when on plane around 2500 RPMs. (see below)
- How should I deal with existing fuel? Is there anything I can treat it with at this point? Do I burn through this and then add more or add new on top of it? I'm in Kentucky and we are nearing the end of our boating season.
- I don't think I'm hitting a proper WOT. We had odd conditions yesterday, with a strong wind blowing up river and a decent current. Going up river my port engine could only reach about 2700 RPMs. Starboard still had a little to go. At 2500 RPMs I was on plane at about 15 knots per GPS, floscan said 8-9 GPH. At 1600 RPMs I was running about 7-8 knots and burning 4 GPH. Any thoughts???
- Starboard transmission is making some noise. clicking. You can hear it at idle. Fluid was just a little low. Topped it off. Should I be concerned? Anyone used Lucas in these trannies. I had good luck with it once on an old truck.
- The boat is not as responsive as other twin engine boats I have had when docking. Needs more throttle to make it come around. Is it safe to keep the RPMs slightly higher than idle and still be able to shift between forward and reverse?