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Guys. I have a 2005 196 with the Excalibur motor. As some here may recall, I've had the boat since May, and since May I've noticed a weird vibration when pulling skier up and when slowing down. I checked the usual things--alignment, prop, prop shaft, prop strut. Even got a new ACME prop and a new strut. Still the vibration persists. So, I took the boat into my trusted mechanic--expecting him to tell me nothing is wrong, just my imagination.
Boy was I wrong. He just called. They ran the boat up and felt a definite vibration in the motor as well as a heard a troubling knock/noise. The motor has only 230 hours on it and runs great--except for the vibration which is unusual and never experienced before on my three previous Nautiques.
My mech wants to dig into the motor to find out what's wrong. He says its only going to get worse. The motor is under warranty and he's PCM authorized. My mech has been doing this work for over 30 years and builds drag boat motors. He's pretty trustworthy.
Any ideas on the vibration or noise? I'm also worried that the boat will never be the same--even if PCM authorizes installation of a new motor. If I lived near Midwest CC or West Coast CC, I would worry less about it. As it is, we don't even have a CC dealer here.
Boy was I wrong. He just called. They ran the boat up and felt a definite vibration in the motor as well as a heard a troubling knock/noise. The motor has only 230 hours on it and runs great--except for the vibration which is unusual and never experienced before on my three previous Nautiques.
My mech wants to dig into the motor to find out what's wrong. He says its only going to get worse. The motor is under warranty and he's PCM authorized. My mech has been doing this work for over 30 years and builds drag boat motors. He's pretty trustworthy.
Any ideas on the vibration or noise? I'm also worried that the boat will never be the same--even if PCM authorizes installation of a new motor. If I lived near Midwest CC or West Coast CC, I would worry less about it. As it is, we don't even have a CC dealer here.
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