at 2:30 " nothing but black soot clearly not firing" NO clearly firing(or at least it WAS firing once) !! Rich? yes. at 3:10 "computer codes" yeah that's what a DFi and EFI engine will do when something is not right...it's a blessing that it can capture these faults. "clearly technological and not mechanical" What? not necessarily, a host of mechanical (not catastrophic) issue will throw codes at you. at 5:00 " $2500 spent " its under warranty...I don't get why you had to spend another $2500. $2500 for house rental, etc well you were going to do that anyway even the boat was fine...soooo at 6:05 " but splice" of a spark plug wire, whilst that might work...I have to agree with you on this one not a great idea. I am suspect that the "factory" told the mech to do that ... at 6:17 so yet another $2500 (I counted 3 times so far), but why? the motor is under warranty. Labor and parts would be covered by BRP...are you saying it costs $2500 to get the boat to and fro to Nassau? at 8:45 "they are so technologically advanced that they scratch their heads every time they get one of these" What? a DFI 2 stroke has been around 20 years. It IS complicated (just like an EFi or DFI 4 stroke), for sure, but to say it is too advance that they can work on it is poppycock. You have to be trained first, then attack the issue logically (like George P states below) at 9:19 I'll grant that software and ECU is something that support tech is not going to be able to fix. I am pretty sure that the computer is throwing out PIDS in real time that can be captured using the specialized scan tool. With those captured values (everything from time of injector being opened in milliseconds, to fuel rail pressure to crank shaft position) they could give that exported feed to the software techs at the factory.. BUT I don't suspect the software, as the software is used in countless other engines by BRP of the same HP...computer itself? yes could be. We found that the CAN Bus was the reason both engines shut down, not familiar with the CAN bus, but my knowledge of Ethernet 10B2 cable of yore I can tell you they are pretty robust as well as their connectors...if an End Cap is loose, it will definitely stop the horses. Jumping over to part 3 :-)
He has still yet to actually say much of anything except complain. " I have computers I have software, I have sensors, I have a ocean full of salt water" my son brought me spark plugs. Do you even know they are a very specific spark plug that is per-indexed and are 30 bucks a piece? again if your motor was down a piston the entire set up would have ran in SAFE mode. what are the messages you are getting? the messages are "technological not mechanical". well you cant mess with them to begin with because you are not factory trained, the fact you are tinkering with it yourself is a issue in itself. if you dont know what you are doing you will break more than you fix. AGAIN stop saying the motor is running on 5 cylinders. OMG you said you needed to take it to a factory trained technician. again, why did you spend 2500 bucks on it if it was under warranty. its your own stupidity. The CAN BUS is a cable. it probably failed from you playing with it. no factory trained tech would tell you to but splice a spark plug. you keep saying 2500 down the evinrude toilet. Any dealership that is factory trained working on your motors would have not charged a dime. you are no where near a expert based on what you are saying. no you dont separate the shop from the factory. it is the support from evinrude that allows us to be able to help people.
no one scratches their head, there is a systematic way of troubleshooting these motors. there is excellent support, it is all there in a service manual. there is not reed valve issues, do you even know know what a reed valve is? god. lemon laws, that would be the person you bought it from there silly boy not the factory itself. you didnt buy it new, you bought it used. yes, you can see who did what to the motors, its all under the motor info, again you are talking about things you dont know about
You should have bought a Suzuki
Time to buy a Merc
Sounds like he bought a boat that had been repowered and sunk or partially sank. Why would someone sell a boat that had such new motors on it?
at 2:30 " nothing but black soot clearly not firing" NO clearly firing(or at least it WAS firing once) !! Rich? yes.
at 3:10 "computer codes" yeah that's what a DFi and EFI engine will do when something is not right...it's a blessing that it can capture these faults. "clearly technological and not mechanical" What? not necessarily, a host of mechanical (not catastrophic) issue will throw codes at you.
at 5:00 " $2500 spent " its under warranty...I don't get why you had to spend another $2500. $2500 for house rental, etc well you were going to do that anyway even the boat was fine...soooo
at 6:05 " but splice" of a spark plug wire, whilst that might work...I have to agree with you on this one not a great idea. I am suspect that the "factory" told the mech to do that ...
at 6:17 so yet another $2500 (I counted 3 times so far), but why? the motor is under warranty. Labor and parts would be covered by BRP...are you saying it costs $2500 to get the boat to and fro to Nassau?
at 8:45 "they are so technologically advanced that they scratch their heads every time they get one of these" What? a DFI 2 stroke has been around 20 years. It IS complicated (just like an EFi or DFI 4 stroke), for sure, but to say it is too advance that they can work on it is poppycock. You have to be trained first, then attack the issue logically (like George P states below)
at 9:19 I'll grant that software and ECU is something that support tech is not going to be able to fix. I am pretty sure that the computer is throwing out PIDS in real time that can be captured using the specialized scan tool. With those captured values (everything from time of injector being opened in milliseconds, to fuel rail pressure to crank shaft position) they could give that exported feed to the software techs at the factory.. BUT I don't suspect the software, as the software is used in countless other engines by BRP of the same HP...computer itself? yes could be. We found that the CAN Bus was the reason both engines shut down, not familiar with the CAN bus, but my knowledge of Ethernet 10B2 cable of yore I can tell you they are pretty robust as well as their connectors...if an End Cap is loose, it will definitely stop the horses.
Jumping over to part 3 :-)
He has still yet to actually say much of anything except complain. " I have computers I have software, I have sensors, I have a ocean full of salt water" my son brought me spark plugs. Do you even know they are a very specific spark plug that is per-indexed and are 30 bucks a piece? again if your motor was down a piston the entire set up would have ran in SAFE mode. what are the messages you are getting? the messages are "technological not mechanical". well you cant mess with them to begin with because you are not factory trained, the fact you are tinkering with it yourself is a issue in itself. if you dont know what you are doing you will break more than you fix. AGAIN stop saying the motor is running on 5 cylinders.
OMG you said you needed to take it to a factory trained technician. again, why did you spend 2500 bucks on it if it was under warranty. its your own stupidity. The CAN BUS is a cable. it probably failed from you playing with it. no factory trained tech would tell you to but splice a spark plug. you keep saying 2500 down the evinrude toilet. Any dealership that is factory trained working on your motors would have not charged a dime. you are no where near a expert based on what you are saying. no you dont separate the shop from the factory. it is the support from evinrude that allows us to be able to help people.
What does a butt splice not do better than a connector?
And we wonder why Evinrude went out of business????
Evinrude and Mercury just arnt in the same league as the Japanese motors are for reliability.
man those motors looked and sounded good but I will stay away
no one scratches their head, there is a systematic way of troubleshooting these motors. there is excellent support, it is all there in a service manual. there is not reed valve issues, do you even know know what a reed valve is? god. lemon laws, that would be the person you bought it from there silly boy not the factory itself. you didnt buy it new, you bought it used.
yes, you can see who did what to the motors, its all under the motor info, again you are talking about things you dont know about
tbf the 10k was your costs. they replaced canbus and plugs free
Why don't you just get a old school motor without Damn computer??
uh why a I even wasting my time watching these videos and commenting. I will never get this time back