255 fsh disappointment

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

Well it is a fact that your jet pump is a big vacuum under the boat , the intake is just forward of the pump so when you go in reverse you are redirecting the jet water under the boat at an angle down and forward to push the boat backward this thrust stirs up the bottom very badly and over more than 2 decades I have read and reread of people sucking up the bottom when backing off the beach or their trailer because of this.
Also if you are at the beach and any floating trash or weeds get washed up on your pump nozzle when you put the boat reverse bucket down it can easily get stuck from that trash being compressed in between the reverse and the pump the code you had was probably caused by that and when the trash or weeds were free the reverse worked just fine so next time you are on the water place something in between the reverse bucket and the pump and try to reenact the issue I bet it does the same thing until you remove the obstruction. It is a common problem so be careful backing off trailers and beaches because it could be a lot worse if things get in the impeller.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

There was no indication that I sucked up any sand. I find it crazy how the convo steered to this after just mentioning the beach tho. Clearly these boats are packing a major weakness lol. I'll have to watch the beach.. I get it. Not convinced the bcu code was related to sand tho. Have u guys ever sucked up sand and been dead in the water only to have your boat miraculously start working again?

Edit: Hat sunk.

There was a recent post about a guy a who has a 255 X model, ran it aground and had the same issues as you did.

The indication that you sucked up sand because of the issue you had, and yes the “convo” changed when you mentioned the beaching, not once but twice and because you powered off the beach, twice, BECAUSE that is going to be THE cause of your problem.

This is from your owners manual.



As others have said the BCU code comes from the actuator sensing that the reverse buckets would not move due to restrictions to keep from breaking stuff it locks the system out.

 

[255fishguy]

I appreciate the info.

 

[gthorson]

In case you didn't notice, there is a SWAT team dedicated to this issue. It probably ranks in the top 3 issues new jet boat owners encounter. Your experience and posts is pretty typical. Some owners argue even more emphatically against such a simple and annoying quirk. Stick around for advice when you encounter the other typical nuances to jet boat ownership.