Hey Club SeaRay, I have a 02 380 Dancer w 8.1's that has a loud clatter in the port side tranny. the noise is definitely worse in reverse, about 50% as load in forward, and no clatter in neutral. You can feel a definite vibration through the casing. Has anyone else experienced this...
Have you experienced any vibration from the engine/transmission on the Sea Ray Sundancer 380D CAT 3116's? I'm still getting use to having diesels (love them) and at times I get this "feeling" that there is more vibration at idle/low speed coming from my port side... my wife thinks I'm nuts when...
Bought the boat in 2014 and only ran it during sea trial and winterizing. When we bought the boat I knew there was a problem with the port motor and ended up rebuilding it. During the sea trial and winterizing I seem to remember the starboard motor running very smooth with no issues (of course...
i have 8.1 mercruisers. the stbd engine has been running increasingly rough lately and has only gotten about 3200 rpm for a while so i had the plugs replaced because the mechanic had stated before they were the wrong ones anyway. he came back and said 3 and 5 were water fouled. i dont know...