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Drive on one engine cutting out
I have a 1985 32' Chris craft stinger with twin 454's. The starboard engine
has been acting up lately. If I give it throttle it starts to go then the right engine will rev higher, the prop sounds like its cavitating, the engine sync gauge swings way over to the right and the boat starts veering to the right. Basically I am losing propulsion from that side and the engine is unloaded. When I back the throttle down it "catches" and starts moving straight, sync needle swings back over, etc. If it was a car I would say the clutch is slipping but I am not sure if there are clutch packs in a boat tranny, never worked on one. If I speed up real slow with the port engine taking most of the load I can eventually get up to speed, but it still will cut out for a second or two randomly. We ran over a crab trap a couple months back but I dont know if that messed it up or not. It was on the starboard prop and I had to cut it away to get it off, it was wrapped up pretty good. If more details are needed please let me know. i could get video of the gauges and sounds if that will help. |
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