steelhorse454
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 282
- Reaction score
- 189
- Points
- 117
- Location
- Cape Carteret, N.C.
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2023
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 19
Glad you may now have a comfort level with your boat. Many members here have been telling you this exact same thing for a while now. I have the exact same boat and my has the same characteristics. And, these SVHO engines do not like cold.Update on hard starting AR195 - Sorry it took so long to get back. Took the boat to a new dealer in Lake Havasu basically because I refused to accept that a brand new boat should have starting issues. Now the technician did a complete diagnoses of the system, checked all the pressures, checked the pickup coil, and checked for any codes, all was good. Then he called Yamaha and somehow transferred all the engine information to them for analisis, and was told by the Yamaha engineer that because of the supercharged engine design it has a tendency to take 2 or 3 maybe 4 times to start when it has been sitting for some time. They said it is very common but not a repair issue, and there is basically nothing you can do about it except make sure the plugs are clean. They said, (and it is all in writing) that all the pressures need to be built up, which may take 3 or 4 times cranking it, to start again because of the supercharger. Hopefully this post will help any yamaha boat owners with the SVHO engine who have this problem and are concerned with it like I was. Thanks
I always start mine a few times very quickly before hitting the ramp. Then she fires right up. Now go boating and quit worrying!