Last season I had few occasions when I had some kind of gremlin ( tether cord, bad battery & a bad ground connection to fuel pump etc... ) after backing the boat down the ramp and into the water . As I was trouble shooting other boats were waiting to use the ramp. So instead of holding people up or pulling the boat back out . I was thinking of burping the motor QUICKLY to make sure it fires . I was told that would cause any mechanical issues.
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04-22-2010 08:20 PM
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04-22-2010 08:27 PM
I always run them at home on the hose before I go. Then again in the water. I am talking past boats, this one ain't done.
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04-22-2010 08:37 PMImpeller? Wouldn't be worth it to me. Hate to be 10 miles out and have the stupid things go up on me.
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04-22-2010 08:47 PM
my launch is 30 miles away so i always warm it up at home for 10 mins before i hook up.
SOS NINJA dancing on the boundaries of hell.
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04-22-2010 08:53 PM
I warm up at home on the hose where all the tools are. And no one is waiting for me to get out of there way. I hate boat ramp mechanics!
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04-22-2010 09:06 PM
I've changed a bunch of impellers over the years. I would never run dry even for a second.
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04-22-2010 09:58 PM
mmmmhhhhhh,,,,who said anything about running the engines dry ?????
Everybody should fire them up at the hose .at home/storage....just to make sure nothing leaks...and everything is ok...how stupid is it , to get to the ramp and find out to go back home and while finding out keep fellow boaters from having fun ?!
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04-22-2010 09:40 PM
I head to the ramp and hope for the best..... NO doubt this will come back to haunt me.
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04-22-2010 09:54 PM
I live in the city but out near the suburbs and my neighbors and I are good. I keep the starts to a minimum and I don't do it for entertainment and they are glad that I have a hobby that keeps me outside watching their houses while I work on the boat.
And I love their dogs that bark like crazy and the dogs love me. So, they look the other way.
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04-22-2010 10:06 PM
I'm only about 4 miles to the ramp so if I get down there and something isn't right nothing is really lost.....
My neighbors don't care at all. The neighbors all laugh about how I rattle the entire neighborhood awake when I come home at 1 or 2 am.... I'm lucky enough that I have lived on the same street my entire life so they just like to see me enjoying myself.
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04-22-2010 09:50 PM
Most of the time I start the motors for a bit before the ramp, at storage. But even at the ramps, once the drives are in the weater, I turn the motors over, start for a few sec. just making sure batteries are still good. Then I release the boat.
Life is: what happens... when you plan something else.
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04-22-2010 10:16 PM
I have barked them dry for years. Ra Ra vroom off. No issues. There is water in the lines and motor. The impeller doesn't care if it fires for 1 second.
I did however get scolded once because someone insisted not to. He gave no particular reason. If you really get particular every time you start the engine it has to build oil pressure so the most anal guys crank theirs no spark until oil pressure shows and then hit ignition. If I had $90k engines I would too.
Last thought. I don't do it to outboards though. I had one many years ago that I barked and it wouldn't turn off. I started pulling spark plugs to kill it. It ran until the very last on was off. It didn't hurt it but I must have looked like a nut to any witness. Motor running, no water in sight and me in a panic.
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04-22-2010 10:30 PM
I never do, I just drop the lift to the boarding level and warm them up...btw what's a ramp....lol...
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