Look many of us own these red monsters and I'd say most of us have had a issue with ours from time to time. Some of us have gotten great on the electrical and others on the engine side. Since we have so many new members and so many new owners I thought we should share so of the things we have found to fix some of the issues these red monsters.
My first issue with mine was from the week I bought the boat. Genset would run and then stop. My dealer was great and spent a good bit of money to try to fix the problem. Turned out to be 2oz of oil in the govenor. Even his service guy did not know about the oil cooled govenor.
Next was a cooling issue. I had a cracked heat exchanger. Upon trying to replace it and the elbow I found that those parts are no longer made. All they are is cast aluminum, so I found a machine shop and he fixed the problem.
Just this past week the engine was getting harder to start. Upon reading the service manual I found that both the intake and exhaust valves are supposed to be adjusted every time the head bolts are checked. If I remember right that's every couple of years. I will go back and post the correction.
My first issue with mine was from the week I bought the boat. Genset would run and then stop. My dealer was great and spent a good bit of money to try to fix the problem. Turned out to be 2oz of oil in the govenor. Even his service guy did not know about the oil cooled govenor.
Next was a cooling issue. I had a cracked heat exchanger. Upon trying to replace it and the elbow I found that those parts are no longer made. All they are is cast aluminum, so I found a machine shop and he fixed the problem.
Just this past week the engine was getting harder to start. Upon reading the service manual I found that both the intake and exhaust valves are supposed to be adjusted every time the head bolts are checked. If I remember right that's every couple of years. I will go back and post the correction.