banfield
07-31-2003, 10:59 AM
Hi,
In my newly acquired '83 22' Classic (454/Bravo, carbureted), we went out last evening for a cruise to a watering hole. It was cruising along nicely, when the engine just stopped, almost as if I had shut the engine off.
I tried to start it quite a few times, it would pop off, rev to a couple thousand RPMs (depending on how I pumped the throttle on starting), then immediately die again. I poked around in the engine bay, being a bit flustered (it was my 3rd ride in this new boat), but not seeing anything obvious. I tried it again, and finally it caught and ran for about 20 seconds, then died again, as if I'd shut it off. Finally tried it again, and it started and stayed running for the 10 minutes it took to zip home (and a few more minutes loitering nearby to recharge the battery after the many start trys). The only strange behavior on the ride home was the gas gauge being very jittery, in spite of an almost calm seas... It hadn't jittered like that before in my (short) experience with this boat. Oil pressure, engine temperature, voltage were all good both before and after the stopping incident.
Any suggestions as to what to check first?
I'm guessing it's probably a simple loose connection, perhaps on the ignition switch? But I'm sure you guys can think of other possibilities that would generate this kind of fault.
Think of this as a way to welcome this newbie to the ranks of Donzi ownership... ;>
Don B.
In my newly acquired '83 22' Classic (454/Bravo, carbureted), we went out last evening for a cruise to a watering hole. It was cruising along nicely, when the engine just stopped, almost as if I had shut the engine off.
I tried to start it quite a few times, it would pop off, rev to a couple thousand RPMs (depending on how I pumped the throttle on starting), then immediately die again. I poked around in the engine bay, being a bit flustered (it was my 3rd ride in this new boat), but not seeing anything obvious. I tried it again, and finally it caught and ran for about 20 seconds, then died again, as if I'd shut it off. Finally tried it again, and it started and stayed running for the 10 minutes it took to zip home (and a few more minutes loitering nearby to recharge the battery after the many start trys). The only strange behavior on the ride home was the gas gauge being very jittery, in spite of an almost calm seas... It hadn't jittered like that before in my (short) experience with this boat. Oil pressure, engine temperature, voltage were all good both before and after the stopping incident.
Any suggestions as to what to check first?
I'm guessing it's probably a simple loose connection, perhaps on the ignition switch? But I'm sure you guys can think of other possibilities that would generate this kind of fault.
Think of this as a way to welcome this newbie to the ranks of Donzi ownership... ;>
Don B.