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Water Spray Between Transom & Engine
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 6:14 PM
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I recently repowered and now experience water spray between my transom and engine until I trim out at higher speeds. Does this mean that the engine needs to be moved up?
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 6:18 PM
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What hole is the engine mounted in now?
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 6:57 PM
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Joe Kriz wrote:
What hole is the engine mounted in now?
Joe it is in the very top (lowest position) with room to come all the way up. The boat handles nice and runs 48 MPH. I'm not sure if the spray at untrimmed speeds is from being too close to the transom (need jackplate?) or being too low (until I get it trimmed out). Does anyone else experience this when trimmed all the way in?
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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 7:06 PM
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The engine should not be all the way down.
Most Outrages are minimum of 1 hole up and many are mounted 2 holes up.
Mine is mounted 1 hole up although not an E-Tec the same principal applies.
I would start off by trying 1 hole up.
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 7:10 PM
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Joe Kriz wrote:
The engine should not be all the way down.
Most Outrages are minimum of 1 hole up and many are mounted 2 holes up.
Mine is mounted 1 hole up although not an E-Tec the same principal applies.
I would start off by trying 1 hole up.
Will do...thanks Joe.
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| whalerman |
Posted on 06/14/09 - 8:24 PM
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Hi, I have basiclly the same outrage with an '07 150 etec and it's mounted all the way up. Don't recall the measurement offhand but I'll measure in the AM if you would like. Trimmed out and runing WOT there is spray from the engine. Prop is a viper with a 17" pitch.
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| whalerman |
Posted on 06/15/09 - 6:21 AM
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Hi, measured the bolt hole and I'm down 2 1/8" from the top of the transom. The engine is all the way "up" and can't go any higher. The spray at low speeds with eng. trim "in" is min. I don't leave mine trimmed all the way "in", as it is too difficult to steer to stbd. I have the twin cable system. She comes up on plane Very quickly, as yours probbly does to. Do you cruise on the Ohio or on lakes in your area?
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 06/15/09 - 6:37 AM
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whalerman wrote:
Hi, I have basiclly the same outrage with an '07 150 etec and it's mounted all the way up. Don't recall the measurement offhand but I'll measure in the AM if you would like. Trimmed out and runing WOT there is spray from the engine. Prop is a viper with a 17" pitch.
That would be great whalerman.
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 06/15/09 - 6:39 AM
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whalerman wrote:
Hi, measured the bolt hole and I'm down 2 1/8" from the top of the transom. The engine is all the way "up" and can't go any higher. The spray at low speeds with eng. trim "in" is min. I don't leave mine trimmed all the way "in", as it is too difficult to steer to stbd. I have the twin cable system. She comes up on plane Very quickly, as yours probbly does to. Do you cruise on the Ohio or on lakes in your area?
Great information. Thank you. I cruise the Ohio River near Cincinnati.
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| firstoffshore |
Posted on 07/18/09 - 11:46 AM
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Raised engine up to the second to last hole and it completely solved the problem. Boat planes great, no spray, 1 MPH faster, less trim required and perfect RPM at WOT.
Thanks for all of your help.
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| tkhvdh |
Posted on 07/20/09 - 12:21 PM
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firstoffshore wrote:
Raised engine up to the second to last hole and it completely solved the problem. Boat planes great, no spray, 1 MPH faster, less trim required and perfect RPM at WOT.
Thanks for all of your help.
I am glad to be a WC member.
As this thread shows, Whaler owners helping other owners solve a problem!
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