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I'm a die hard Chevy guy, buy that Ecoboost v6 in the f150 is no joke. It's a monster and tows great.
I almost bought one when I got my 2014 Silverado but they were to expensive for me.
It's easy to make some serious power with them too. I wouldn't worry about the v6 if it's the Ecoboost
Glad everything worked out for ya. Im in parker till sunday look for a white carrera open bow with yellow and blue strips. We're staying at emerald cove.
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Hey, new guy here. Wasn't sure what my first post would be about but I thought I'd chime in on this thread. Just finished helping my father in law on the restoration of our first family boat. My wife has been boating her whole life but it's all pretty new to me and I'm loving it. Anyway, we took the boat out to Elsinore 2 weeks ago to test, and it was nasty! Here's a couple pics if anyone was interested in its recent condition. Oh, and so I can show off our boat.
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had a blast today. no one on the lake due to the algae but ill take it.
I might rethink your Ford. My 454 dually with four elevens knows my Carrera is behind it going up hills. I'm just saying dude.
It worked, I also bought the MSD blaster 2 coil. Set my gap on my plugs to .38. But runs perfect, holds RPM and doesn't shut off and jump around. And it got here from Amazon on Sunday. Took less then a day to get.
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Reduced to 14k OBO!!!
Does sound like he's describing a ballast resistor. But those voltage numbers show the issue is before the resistor, its not getting full power. My bet is bad wiring, bad connection, or bad ignition switch. A little time with a meter will tell the story.
90ultra21lx, glad to hear the issue has showed up for them.
Very glad to hear this. We can all get a little "heated" when we get towed in. And, no matter what shop you ask about you will find people that love them and people that hate them. But keep one thing is mind, its always the bad deal/I got robbed guy that makes the most noise, the thousands of happy customers tend to just be happily quiet and out using their boats. A happy customer tells a few of his friends, an unhappy customer tells EVERYBODY. But you don't get to hear both sides of the bad deal story.
Greg will do all he can do to take care of your boats issue. But like I said, with an intermittent problem, it can be hard to find if the boat works when its in the shop. Hopefully the boat will show its bad side when its in the shop, then it will be easy for them to track it down. If its loosing spark like GT is thinking, it could actually be anything from a failing ignition switch to a bad/corroded wire connection, a failing coil, failing module (HEI), etc, etc. Really hard to figure out with 100% certainty unless it shows its bad side while your able to check things. When it wont start, does it have power to the coil ? If not, does it have power at the key going out to the ignition ? If it does have power at the coil, does it have spark at the plug ?
One, what makes you think the plugs are bad?
Two, what makes you think that will fox anything?
GT
NGK actually makes a really good spark plug.
The alternative would be a marine specific plug from AC Delco (regular automotive AC plugs are just steel and prone to rust) or a Champion, which sort of suck, I used Nipon Denso or marine AC exclusively.
Those wires were probably solid wire and still usable, they don't "wear out" like a suppression wire will.
Not getting on the defensive, just telling you how it is.
The plugs should have had some silicone grease on the insulator to allow removal without destroying the boot. JMO.
On the bright side, they weren't Chinese plugs.
GT
Mine was doin the same, distributor was my problem. Picked up a marine pretonix off Amazon one day shipping. Will be here today.
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Doubt seriously he had the metering blocks in stock.
Sounded like he was cautiously optimistic about the fix.
The coil is easy enough to check, pull the coil wire and put the end from the distributor near a known good ground about 1/2" away and have someone crank it over with the key, it should throw a nasty ass barking spark. Plastic pliers come in very handy here.
If the spark is weak and yellow, or you need to put it within an 1/8" to even get it to spark, chances are, it's the ignition coil.
West Marine stocks the anti siphon valves.
GT
A dying coil will act like it's flooding out, not enough spark to keep the fire lit. Will idle seemingly forever.
Pull a plug, check to see what that looks like, pull the dipstick and smell it for fuel (the oil that is).
If you had skunky fuel, there is a chance the anti-siphon valves are fouled with crap. They are typically 14"mpt barb fittings on the pick up tube of the fuel tanks. They can be pulled and cleaned, but would rather see you replace them, get the brass ones, not aluminum.
Also, did you try switching tanks? I always bring an outboard fuel tank with me for testing purposes in case I get my ass handed to me. Lol
GT
Did GS find the source of the o-ring/debris?
Pull the plugs. I was thinking ignition too, but it might be flooding out.
