Lakebum431
Member
I know many of you have done the same. My story:
I went down to the boat last weekend (we keep our 2004 Sundeck 220 on a lift at our personal dock) and the boat wouldn't start without giving it some gas. Strange, but not the end of the world. Then realized that it wouldn't idle at all. Had several people at the house and we were hungry so we still managed to take it to get some food at a nearby marina. Boat ran fine at any speed other than idle but parking was a real pain (because of the idle issue). I did get the two intermittent beeps, but all gauges were fine (temp, water pressure etc.) and the smartcraft was not showing an error on screen. Got back to the dock and came here for a search of similar issues. Learned all about the IAC and how to replace. I ordered the parts and followed the steps here:
http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/36072-Impeller-IAC?p=439729#post439729
Boat started right up at idle and no more beeps. I share this story for two reasons, I want to concur with others that this is a VERY easy fix. It literally took me longer to find the right size allen wrench in my toolbox then the rest of the job took (I did not do the flame arrester clean suggested in the post, but I did change out the IAC muffler. The second reason I wanted to share was that the IAC that I replaced was an original one (still painted black) and this was on a 2004 with approx 460 hours. I'd say I got my money's worth on that one!!
I went down to the boat last weekend (we keep our 2004 Sundeck 220 on a lift at our personal dock) and the boat wouldn't start without giving it some gas. Strange, but not the end of the world. Then realized that it wouldn't idle at all. Had several people at the house and we were hungry so we still managed to take it to get some food at a nearby marina. Boat ran fine at any speed other than idle but parking was a real pain (because of the idle issue). I did get the two intermittent beeps, but all gauges were fine (temp, water pressure etc.) and the smartcraft was not showing an error on screen. Got back to the dock and came here for a search of similar issues. Learned all about the IAC and how to replace. I ordered the parts and followed the steps here:
http://clubsearay.com/showthread.php/36072-Impeller-IAC?p=439729#post439729
Boat started right up at idle and no more beeps. I share this story for two reasons, I want to concur with others that this is a VERY easy fix. It literally took me longer to find the right size allen wrench in my toolbox then the rest of the job took (I did not do the flame arrester clean suggested in the post, but I did change out the IAC muffler. The second reason I wanted to share was that the IAC that I replaced was an original one (still painted black) and this was on a 2004 with approx 460 hours. I'd say I got my money's worth on that one!!
