fr8dog
Well-Known Member
Lurking for a friend.
We took their 2005 460 out yesterday, and 10' of forward gear out of the slip, the Starboard engine died. This is after at least a 10 minute warm up at the dock prior to engaging. These people are pilots that run you and I safely all over the world. He restarted, and all was well for the rest of the day. They stated that this has happened about 6 times now, I'll say randomly, but not always at the start of a run. Always after idling for a bit, like waiting for a bridge to raise, and then moving ahead. It always restarts immediately once it is apparent that the engine has died. Their mechanic says nothing is wrong, but I'm not sure they have tried to run it under load of forward gear. I have personally seen it happen. it was 85 degrees on a calm Florida day.
Gassers I know, and 3208s I know. Cummins, especially newer ones, no so much.
Any first guesses about where to point? Starting in this thread in case someone just went through this. Problems in models, and engines seem to replicate across owners.
TIA.
On the 480CE installed in the 2005 460, there is an issue called stall/stumble. On the boat I owned, it only reared it's head when starting a fully warmed engine. It would start then immediately die. On the second start attempt all was fine. I never had it die after a successful start. The fix was to have Cummins update the ECM. No problems after that. The ECM controlled 480CE idled fine at the set 600 as well as the slow idle of 550.