Don't worry about your warrenty. The only way to void it is to not perform
normal maintenance or start making power mods. What you are talking about
in no way would void the warrenty.

Definetly sounds like your choke is out of adjustment. Try tweaking it a
little to increase rpms in gear to about 600-700.

As for the prop - won't void the warrenty but sounds like they installed the
wrong prop. Call the dealer and tell them you need a different prop as your
rpms are too high. They should swap it for free as running w/ the wrong
prop is bad.

Once you get the prop changed your fuel economy will change (to better
actually). Not sure what your speed is at 3k rpms but you should be getting
about 4 mpg at that rpm. Does that calculate right for your speed?
As for carrying extra fuel - only solution I know of is to get the plastic
cans from walmart or wherever and strap them to the swim platform. They
must be stored in a ventilated area and in the boat tends to be in the way.
On the swim platform is out of the way and you won't get any buildup of
fumes in the boat.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com

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"seeray28" wrote in message
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Hey all I just purchased a '05 Bayliner 175 with the Merc 135 engine. I
have
a few questions about the warranty.

The engine doesnt like to idle in gear when it cold after warmp its fine,
Should I just let it run for a few minutes to warm up or is there an
adjustment at the choke that I can do, if I do make an adjustment will
this
screw with the warranty.?
( the only thing Im worried about on the warranty is the outdrive and the
electrical items on the engine)

When the throttle is at 3/4 and the boat planed out the revs are at 4500
rpm. can I put a 23 pitch prop on with out messing with the outdrive
warranty?

Last but not least. This boat has a 21 gallon fuel tank. at 3k rpm its
burning about 5 gallons an hour. does this sound about normal? if so are
there any acceptable safe ways of carrying an extra 5 gallons on gas so
that
I can extend my drive time.
All in all this is a great little boat. decent speed good handling nice
ride, its just a wee bit spartan ( no radio yet and not much in ways of
storage) . But its nice to know that when we head down the river we stand
a
95 percent chance of heading back up under our own power

thanks for any and all replies
Steve