Josserman
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 76
- Reaction score
- 32
- Points
- 87
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2014
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
Last year boat ran great, wet slipped, ran it almost every day, was great. This year has been very different.
I fixed my exhaust leak and issues related to marina owner commissioning it and not realizing the beeping noise was overheating caused by tstat corrosion, which ended up destroying a number of parts. (Long story, good guy, and established understanding of his lack of jet boat experience).
Fast forward, boats been out now a few weeks, and power has been down. When I first got the boat I got it up to 53, but over the season last year it never got that fast again, maybe 47 tops. This season 40 tops, then 30 with starboard shooting close to 8k port not crossing 6k, also takes forever to get to plain.
Checked impellers from cleanout port (after a nice struggle to get starboard one out) and wow, seems really bad! Could feel at least 3 or 4 1.5-3 cm chips in it. Port side maybe just 1 or 2 small 1cm chip. So ordered new oem impellers, bearings, and washers according to service manual. Housings were out of stock so I decided to splurge on the in stock riva ss housings (had them add in 2 ribbon deletes).
After reading a bunch of posts yesterday I think I want to check port coilpacks as well due to 6k max port rpm.
Hopefully parts will be in by Wednesday and I can get her running by next weekend. Since I have to take her out of water I’ll also be adding underwater lights, and transducer. Need to install cut off valve for in water flush if that comes in time I’ll do that too along with 2nd bildge I ordered from island 2 weeks ago.
Meanwhile in all this time I’ve also managed to add the jl tweeters, 10” sub, and new fusion 770 radio. Did a seadek install, 3rd battery, noco charger, noco battery indicators, noco outside plug, and bumper fender push in ss fasteners.
An expensive season for sure, but loving the boat, super easy to work on, and learning a lot. Looking forward to getting her back into the high 40’s - 50’s, and having the right systems in place to keep her better maintained in the wet slipped brackish water.
I fixed my exhaust leak and issues related to marina owner commissioning it and not realizing the beeping noise was overheating caused by tstat corrosion, which ended up destroying a number of parts. (Long story, good guy, and established understanding of his lack of jet boat experience).
Fast forward, boats been out now a few weeks, and power has been down. When I first got the boat I got it up to 53, but over the season last year it never got that fast again, maybe 47 tops. This season 40 tops, then 30 with starboard shooting close to 8k port not crossing 6k, also takes forever to get to plain.
Checked impellers from cleanout port (after a nice struggle to get starboard one out) and wow, seems really bad! Could feel at least 3 or 4 1.5-3 cm chips in it. Port side maybe just 1 or 2 small 1cm chip. So ordered new oem impellers, bearings, and washers according to service manual. Housings were out of stock so I decided to splurge on the in stock riva ss housings (had them add in 2 ribbon deletes).
After reading a bunch of posts yesterday I think I want to check port coilpacks as well due to 6k max port rpm.
Hopefully parts will be in by Wednesday and I can get her running by next weekend. Since I have to take her out of water I’ll also be adding underwater lights, and transducer. Need to install cut off valve for in water flush if that comes in time I’ll do that too along with 2nd bildge I ordered from island 2 weeks ago.
Meanwhile in all this time I’ve also managed to add the jl tweeters, 10” sub, and new fusion 770 radio. Did a seadek install, 3rd battery, noco charger, noco battery indicators, noco outside plug, and bumper fender push in ss fasteners.
An expensive season for sure, but loving the boat, super easy to work on, and learning a lot. Looking forward to getting her back into the high 40’s - 50’s, and having the right systems in place to keep her better maintained in the wet slipped brackish water.
