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2001 PS190 LTR330 Running BAD!
I have a 2001 Prostar 190 - LTR 330hp (duvall) 395 hours – 60 this year
My boat is not sounding or running well at all. Here are the symptoms:
I have a severe loss of power. - At 3000 rpm, I run at 24mph.
At full throttle I only get 4000 rpm and a sad 34mph
With me skiing (just once, the first time I noticed problems) the boat topped out at 31mph
Oil pressure sits at 20-40 always, and at idle bounces to 0 for short milliseconds
Temp gauge never makes it to 120. The faster I run, the cooler it gets, down to 90deg
(the engine and exhaust manifold are never hot to the touch)
After running fast for a minute or two, there is a ticking which I can not locate, and lasts until the engine is shut down.
The engine has a slight vibration at about 1500rpm
Gas seems to disappear quicker than normal, although that may be my own misjudgment.
My sister, to avoid chewing me up, had to use a generous amount of reverse (Last week before I noticed any problems), and a fair (not too much) amount of dark smoke came out the exhaust. I’m thinking that this is not related or too much of a big deal
This all seems to have just happened in the past week. I have been out skiing almost every day until now. I took a week off due to t-storms and now its running bad. If I think hard, it is possible that the performance did drop a bit in the recent past, as I noticed a few times that my faster skiing friends made the boat work a little harder than usual. But no symptoms even close to this extent.
Background:
I float the boat 24/7 in a muddy river with 3mph of current. It has been in since May 1st. I pulled it out, cleaned the outside, and took it to another (much cleaner) lake once for July 4th weekend. There is definitely a lot of mud/algae that forms on the bottom (and maybe in the cooling system)
Another thing, before I went out today, when I put the boat in gear for the first time, I chopped a small stick that must have been under the boat (very soft, about 1”dia). So maybe this has something to do with that.
SO,
My (un-educated) thoughts are, the boat is having fuel problems, running WAY too rich, which is causing the low temperatures and lousy performance, and fouled out a plug which causes the ticking. – this is most definitely way off, which is why I bring this to all of your incredible wisdom. I really don’t think it is a prop problem, I have hit stumps in other MCs before and know what a bent prop feels like. I felt under the boat with my feet (there is no visibility under water) and the prop & rudder feel fine. Also, although it may cause the lack of speed, the rpm would still run higher like it did before right?
Also, how do I check the cooling system for operation while the boat is in the water?
Thanks for the help!
Dave
Toledo, Ohio
My boat is not sounding or running well at all. Here are the symptoms:
I have a severe loss of power. - At 3000 rpm, I run at 24mph.
At full throttle I only get 4000 rpm and a sad 34mph
With me skiing (just once, the first time I noticed problems) the boat topped out at 31mph
Oil pressure sits at 20-40 always, and at idle bounces to 0 for short milliseconds
Temp gauge never makes it to 120. The faster I run, the cooler it gets, down to 90deg
(the engine and exhaust manifold are never hot to the touch)
After running fast for a minute or two, there is a ticking which I can not locate, and lasts until the engine is shut down.
The engine has a slight vibration at about 1500rpm
Gas seems to disappear quicker than normal, although that may be my own misjudgment.
My sister, to avoid chewing me up, had to use a generous amount of reverse (Last week before I noticed any problems), and a fair (not too much) amount of dark smoke came out the exhaust. I’m thinking that this is not related or too much of a big deal
This all seems to have just happened in the past week. I have been out skiing almost every day until now. I took a week off due to t-storms and now its running bad. If I think hard, it is possible that the performance did drop a bit in the recent past, as I noticed a few times that my faster skiing friends made the boat work a little harder than usual. But no symptoms even close to this extent.
Background:
I float the boat 24/7 in a muddy river with 3mph of current. It has been in since May 1st. I pulled it out, cleaned the outside, and took it to another (much cleaner) lake once for July 4th weekend. There is definitely a lot of mud/algae that forms on the bottom (and maybe in the cooling system)
Another thing, before I went out today, when I put the boat in gear for the first time, I chopped a small stick that must have been under the boat (very soft, about 1”dia). So maybe this has something to do with that.
SO,
My (un-educated) thoughts are, the boat is having fuel problems, running WAY too rich, which is causing the low temperatures and lousy performance, and fouled out a plug which causes the ticking. – this is most definitely way off, which is why I bring this to all of your incredible wisdom. I really don’t think it is a prop problem, I have hit stumps in other MCs before and know what a bent prop feels like. I felt under the boat with my feet (there is no visibility under water) and the prop & rudder feel fine. Also, although it may cause the lack of speed, the rpm would still run higher like it did before right?
Also, how do I check the cooling system for operation while the boat is in the water?
Thanks for the help!
Dave
Toledo, Ohio
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