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Luchog 
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 Topic: Knocking when idling in gearPosted: July-30-2009 at 4:37am |
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you want to see how much they lower when you put the boat in gear, feel if it makes the noise and then give it a little gas until it stops clanking.
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merrittarnold
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Posted: July-30-2009 at 1:27am |
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I know it idles at 800 when not in gear. I'm not sure what rpm when in gear. We will probably go Saturday if the weather allows. I will do more investigation, but what exactly should I look for?
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Luchog
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Posted: July-28-2009 at 10:48pm |
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what's your rpms at iddle speed? sometimes if they're too low bumping them up will solve the clanking sound.
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86BFN
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Posted: July-28-2009 at 10:13pm |
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Most important of all, blame it on wife! LOL
 Sorry I'm no help.
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anthonylizardi
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Posted: July-28-2009 at 9:50pm |
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Read about damper plates. Is a common thing specially if your boat alignment is off. Tons of stuff on that and alignment
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Luchog
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Posted: July-28-2009 at 9:10pm |
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from your description it could be many things, you need to do a little more investigation.
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merrittarnold
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Posted: July-28-2009 at 9:00pm |
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I was riding in the back while my wife was driving. I noticed that when she had the boat in gear but was just idling there was a mild tap-tap-tap sound. It was either coming from the floor behind the engine compartment or inside the back of the engine compartment; probably both. However, when she gave the engine some gas to pull a skier, the knocking either stopped or was drowned out by the engine. We had too many people and too much equipment in the boat for me to do a thorough search on the water.
Is this noise normal? dangerous? simple to fix? |
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