I have a V, and was opening her up for the season. Before heading to the lake I turned her over in the driveway (without hooking up water) just to make sure she'd fire up.
She did, so I immediately turned the key and pulled it out of the ignition. The engine kept running (PANIC!) I pulled battery cables off, still running, I called my mechanic (minutes passed, temp gauge soaring, alarms going off) and his only suggestion was to wrap my hand in a thick towel and grab the coil wire. Just then, the engine stopped (FEAR, seized?)
Luckily there is an overtemp kill on my motor, which prevented significant damage. The marina had to replace some hoses, but did cyclinder testing, and pressures were consistent and perfect (I'm very lucky).
The marina told me this occurred because I hooked up the batteries wrong. I'm an electrical engineer and responded that's impossible. I even had Tige send me the schematics to review and present the marina.
I reminded them that in the fall, they jumpered my ignition to winterize it because I dropped off the boat and forgot to leave the key (they said "No worries, we'll just jumper it.") They denied leaving the jumper in over the winter.
Is there any other logical explanation? When they winterized the boat, I kinda think they'd need to remove the jumper to shut off the engine themselves, no?
Any thoughts?
I take responsibility for starting the motor without water hookup or a backup plan in case something went wrong, and luckily the hoses/checkout was only $500 (coulda been worse). I'm left wondering if this could ever happen again.
She did, so I immediately turned the key and pulled it out of the ignition. The engine kept running (PANIC!) I pulled battery cables off, still running, I called my mechanic (minutes passed, temp gauge soaring, alarms going off) and his only suggestion was to wrap my hand in a thick towel and grab the coil wire. Just then, the engine stopped (FEAR, seized?)
Luckily there is an overtemp kill on my motor, which prevented significant damage. The marina had to replace some hoses, but did cyclinder testing, and pressures were consistent and perfect (I'm very lucky).
The marina told me this occurred because I hooked up the batteries wrong. I'm an electrical engineer and responded that's impossible. I even had Tige send me the schematics to review and present the marina.
I reminded them that in the fall, they jumpered my ignition to winterize it because I dropped off the boat and forgot to leave the key (they said "No worries, we'll just jumper it.") They denied leaving the jumper in over the winter.
Is there any other logical explanation? When they winterized the boat, I kinda think they'd need to remove the jumper to shut off the engine themselves, no?
Any thoughts?
I take responsibility for starting the motor without water hookup or a backup plan in case something went wrong, and luckily the hoses/checkout was only $500 (coulda been worse). I'm left wondering if this could ever happen again.
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