Newbie7
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- 2005
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Okay- I've read 6-7 threads on here, and I can't quite figure this out. Bare with me, as there is a little bit leading up to this. For reference, I own an unmodified 2005 SX230.
I am a new jet boat owner this year, and I had some work to do when I bought my used jet boat. We went through the ringer with reverse cables, fuel injectors, spark plugs, compression tests, throttle linkage adjustment, bucket adjustments, etc. I know my jet boat fairly well now, for a 25 year old teacher.
In my past thread, someone had warned me not to tow past wake speed because it can put water into the engines. I had a scare of water in the engines (discovered during said compression test), which is how this came up. Needless to say, it is now something that I am conscious of, and take special care to avoid. I burp my engine after rides (the one time I didn't, I had a rough start on my port side engine). We have been having an awful time figuring out how to steer and dock at no wake speeds. We have resorted to juicing one engine at a time to steer the boat at low speeds. Is this bad to be giving throttle to one engine, while the other simply idles? Will it put water into the engine that is only idling? Is there a better way to steer? I have looked at the Cobra Jet Steering packages, but have already dumped quite a bit of money into the boat this year, so I planned on waiting until next year. I'd also like to learn how to do it without the assistance of devices, first.
Any thoughts, comments, and questions are welcome. As always, thank you all for your help!
I am a new jet boat owner this year, and I had some work to do when I bought my used jet boat. We went through the ringer with reverse cables, fuel injectors, spark plugs, compression tests, throttle linkage adjustment, bucket adjustments, etc. I know my jet boat fairly well now, for a 25 year old teacher.
In my past thread, someone had warned me not to tow past wake speed because it can put water into the engines. I had a scare of water in the engines (discovered during said compression test), which is how this came up. Needless to say, it is now something that I am conscious of, and take special care to avoid. I burp my engine after rides (the one time I didn't, I had a rough start on my port side engine). We have been having an awful time figuring out how to steer and dock at no wake speeds. We have resorted to juicing one engine at a time to steer the boat at low speeds. Is this bad to be giving throttle to one engine, while the other simply idles? Will it put water into the engine that is only idling? Is there a better way to steer? I have looked at the Cobra Jet Steering packages, but have already dumped quite a bit of money into the boat this year, so I planned on waiting until next year. I'd also like to learn how to do it without the assistance of devices, first.
Any thoughts, comments, and questions are welcome. As always, thank you all for your help!