Speedometer keep getting plugged on outdrive.

gps on dash

 

^^^ what he said, for real accurate i use an app on my phone, previous owner bypassed the outdrive pickup with a transom mounted pitot tube which really is not much better. you can spend a lot of money for a dash mounted gps unit, or get a phone app. I use Speedtracker on iphone, it works well and log trips.

 

Agree to previous posts, I've never trusted the speedometer on the boat, and honestly they've never worked on mine.

 

I paid $250 last summer for a short haul to replace a busted pitot tube that wouldn't stay down, prolly hit a fish. Even if not accurate, there is something about that dam gauge reading 0 that annoys me. Had to fix.

 

I keep having the same problem on my 200 Select - keep getting little pieces of wood in there as we have a lot of garbage in our lakes...I pick it out and speedo works for a while, then something gets in that tiny hole again... Not really sure it's accurate anyway as others have said, but I cannot stand the gauge at zero all the time...almost as bad as a check engine light!!

 

It's still clogged.

It's just the nature of the beast in certain waters with stuff floating around.

Ream out what you can till you bottom out the drill bit. Then try blowing it out - disconnect it at the quick connect fitting by the cavity on the front of the engine by the anti-ventilation plate.

 

I had to "massage" the leading edge of my '92 from a PO's previous impact with "something", just to find out my boat doesn't have a speedometer! Okay, so my powers of observation tend to miss things when focusing on others parts. I went with this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KP6DCQ9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 but have yet to install it. 'Bigger fish to fry... http://www.clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/nater-potaters-build-thread.109864/

 

I actually bought a spare yellow fitting that connects the pitot passage on the drive to the hose that goes into the boat. I connected that spare fitting to a hose adapter and then connect to my garden hose and force water down into the pitot passage, back flushing the passage on a regular basis, to clear anything out of there.

Mud and gunk will build up in there over time, since there is "no actual flow" flushing it out.

 

@Pirate Lady

 

Or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KNR68D...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

 

PO changed to a pitot tube which works well except when I hit a fish and it broke.
Also iPhone app SpeedTracker works great.