Motor shutting off at speed...Fishing FLW in 2 days

revelation_04 · Post by **revelation_04** » Tue May 03, 2011 9:34 am

I have an 03 Champion 196/ 03 200 Opti. My motor is shutting off when I am driving down the lake. Sometimes its when I'm at WOT, but other times it just goes off at 3,000-3,500. It seems like it happens once the motor gets warmed up. No alarm going off it just dies.
I posted a few weeks ago http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=665165 and my boat is still not fixed. Motor was shutting off with alarm sometimes and others without alarm. Its been in/out of the shop for the past 3 weeks. The first time in they said it was the positive battery connection to the cranking battery. Then it didn't fix it so I took it back and they said it was crap in the VST and fuel line(DUH thats what I said to check in the first place). Then I got it back and the mechanic forgot to put the Throttle control bar back(don't know the name) I though every thing was fixed but now its cutting out when I am running. I am a boater in the FLW DELTA Everstart in 2 days and I don't have a boat to run!!!!! Please help.

civicrr · Post by **civicrr** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:04 am

Did you get a printout like Don suggested?

rickd · Post by **rickd** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:16 am

Call Boatmasters, Drew and Mike will drop what they are doing and get you back on the water.

5162 Preston Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 443-5775

civicrr · Post by **civicrr** » Tue May 03, 2011 10:20 am

rickd wrote:Call Boatmasters, Drew and Mike will drop what they are doing and get you back on the water.

5162 Preston Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 443-5775

Yep. They do good work!

tl · Post by tl » Tue May 03, 2011 10:37 am

Sounds like a problem I had with an '03 EFI. Took a year to diagnose and it turned out to be a loose terminal in the cranking battery - not the connection ot the post but inside the battery itself. Not sure why that would shut the motor down but once the battery was replaced the problem went away.

NorCalBasser88 · Post by **NorCalBasser88** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:03 pm

I had this same problem with my 96 mercury efi when i was running down the lake it would just die after changing multiple things it turned out being the computer in the motor.

Deejay quick · Post by **Deejay quick** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:04 pm

had same problem it was the computer......replace to computer and it fix the prob

ScottyJ · Post by **ScottyJ** » Tue May 03, 2011 3:24 pm

Did you check the wires to the kill switch? Could be a loose wire that comes disconnected as the boat bounces. Definitely sounds like something with the main electrical system tho. Start with the small things first that you can check like loose wires on the motor, battery, kill switch etc. Then work up to the bigger stuff like computer. Good luck!

Scott