She's finally home!! Rickk's 230

[RickK]

Here is the new bottom paint and new boot stripe:






Looks much better than the original and helps blend the bottom to the top.
Unfortunately, the carb work was not correct, so I have to take her back to the mechanic this morning - hopefully he'll get it right this time <!-- s:roll: --><!-- s:roll: --> .
The fuel flow sensor showed .8-.9gph at idle before I took it to him for the rebuild and when I got it back, it showed 2.8gph <!-- s:shock: --><!-- s:shock: -->  I also lost 10mph at the top end and it was showing approx 30 gph WOT, which I hope is high.

[JimCt]

WOW! Came out beautifully RickK!
If there is a shading difference between the bottom and the topsides, only you can see it.

Wonder if the mechanic even bothered to test run the engine...

[RickK]

Thanks.
The light was bad in the pix. There is a definite color difference but it's subtle enough to get by.
I had the guy start the motor for me before I picked it up and it was running at a high idle then, and I mentioned it then.  He said that it would idle down under load, which I knew would only be a little bit.  I called him about 30 minutes after getting it back to my house, Saturday, so it was fresh in his mind.  He said bring it back in today.
Anyway, the ball is in his court now and it will get fixed.
EDIT:  Took the boat back in this morning and he is going to send it out to a Yamaha dealer in town to get it fixed right

[John Jones]

That looks really good Rick.  No one will notice the color but you.

Which mechanic?

[RickK]

The boat was taken to SaraBay Marina (Yamaha Dealer) last Tuesday and is still there :cry: .  There is never any urgency when it's not their boat.  I guess I can put up with it as long as it's done right.

[JimCt]

Nice to have the back-up 170 while the other's at the shop.

[RickK]

It's been raining here for a few days and I need to finish the repair to the bottom.  Maybe today it'll clear and I can get on it.

[John Jones]

Winter is supposed to be our dry season...

 

[RickK]

Picked her back up today - good to have her back in the yard.  The mechanic told me he got the fuel flow down to 1.2gph at idle and about 22gph at WOT (he couldn't quite remember what the WOT flow was).  Said it runs fine now. Will have to take his word for it as I won't be able to take her out until next weekend at the earliest.  I will fire it up on the hose this weekend though.
I wonder how the original flow was at .8gph at idle but they couldn't reproduce that? And it ran fine at that setting.
I remember a thread on here a while ago that "guesstimated" the WOT fuel usage of a motor - if I remember right, something about close to the HP10 - which would put the 250 , using 22gph about right?
Anyone remember?

[John Jones]

My 225 shows 2 more or less at idle and I can hit 23-25 gph at wot.

[RickK]

Sounds like the formula is close.  At least I don't have trips on the back

[John Jones]

I wish I knew what was on page 17 of this thread.  

[RickK]

You are!!    (and now the bug is gone until the end of this page)

[John Jones]

[RickK]

I started the 230 yesterday on the hose and after it warmed up, the fuel flow stayed at 1.8ish Couldn't tell where it was idling, the tach is on the fritz again Sounded like a low idle though.  I wonder why they couldn't get the fuel flow back where it was when I brought it in to them?
I did learn a couple things though: 1) unlike my Johnson where you push the key in to choke it, the '91 Yamaha choke is controlled by computer and temp.  If it senses the motor is cold, the fuel bypasses the floats and is dumped right into the carbs.  When it warms up, the fuel then is sent through the bowls/floats.  The motor should start just by turning the key, cold or not. I wondered why I couldn't push in on the key and hear the chokes move  2)There is an electric fuel pump, and you don't want to turn the key on when it's cold (like to check a guage or something), unless you're running the motor (back to the "dumping fuel right into the carbs" thing). Supposedly, once it warms up, I should hear the pump stop as the floats close off the fuel flow.
Time to dig into the repair manual and do some reading.