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[Pw383426]

Nice score on the boat 

I do a ton of work on Jet boats, and actually will be working on a 18' Wriedt later today 

But there's a few things first.... with jet boats don't EVER start the boat when there's no water in the pump. There are tight wear ring to impeller clearances, that can get damaged when started dry.

And I didn't see any headers, got any pics of the motor?

On the suction housing of the pump, inside the boat there is a metal tag, what does it say? Hopefully it is a large impeller.

I say that because Oldsmobiles are notorious for high RPM failures, one would usually want to keep the RPM
s lower than 4000 Rpm, they have oiling troubles and will cause seizures pretty fast if held at WOT for over 10 seconds.

Im glad someone knows something about these boats cause i really don't. It dosen't have longtube headers that come out the back, it looks more like a turbo log manifold to me  The motor has about 19hrs on a fresh bottom to top rebuild. I have all the receipts.

I took it out breifly this afternoon to get some practice with it before anyone rides in it with me. It's definitely a handful. If you don't have it trimmed just right it like to wobble back and forth so that took some getting used to. Also, there is NO steering whatsoever unless you have gas applied which I already knew but it still scared me a few times. I got it up to about 70mph with my gps and it had some more left so I think it may top out around 80 or maybe more but I didn't have enough running room to open it up completely. The motor ran really good and stayed cool even when just putting around. It does drink plenty of fuel though.

What do you recommend as far as maintaining it to keep it running as good as it did today?

You GPS'd it at 70? Are you sure the gps is working correctly? Please take no offense to this, but if that boat really did 70 I would shit. It takes a decent amount of horsepower to go 70, and even more-so to go 80. The last Wriedt Maverick I worked on that had an Olds in it, ran right on 56mph.... which is completely respectable. It takes pump work, as well as engine work to get these boats to go 70.

Those exhaust you have, they're called Logs, or exhaust manifold. They run water through them to keep them cool so people can store stuff in the back and not get burnt. A new set of headers will run about $900, and a used set around $400 in good condition.

What RPM did you turn when the boat was out? That's a very good way to find out the HP of a motor, because these pumps are the same concept as an engine dyno.

Also when you had it trimmed all the way up, and it started going back and forth, that is called purposing. There is a few ways to fix that, possibly a ride plate and loader combination.

As far as engine maintence, I would say change your oil every 20 hours on the motor. And try and keep the motor 4000rpm and lower as possible.

Any questions just ask, I also help run a boat store, so if you need any parts you can ask too...

www.e-performancemarine.com

[pj4553]

My gps was reading 70 before I let off and its pretty accurate. I take it with me on my raptor too. I think I was around 5k maybe maybe more rpms which you said was bad news but I didn't run it that high for long at all.

One more question.. How do I get the oil out of the pan to change it  Do i need to pump it out?

Oh yea +1 for you since you're helping me out

[Pw383426]

My gps was reading 70 before I let off and its pretty accurate. I take it with me on my raptor too. I think I was around 5k maybe maybe more rpms which you said was bad news but I didn't run it that high for long at all.

One more question.. How do I get the oil out of the pan to change it  Do i need to pump it out?

Oh yea +1 for you since you're helping me out

Hopefully it has a marine oil pan on it. You can see the difference between the car and boat oil pan. The car oil pan only hols 5 or 6 quarts, and has a sump in the front or back and is shallow on the other half. The boat pan is flat all the way across and has no dips, usually hold 8-11 quarts.

A boat oil pan should have a drain plug on the side of the pan, if it doesn't, feel your hand around the bottom of the oil pan if there is a plug you can get too. If it's on the side of the pan, just take your drain plug out, put a bucket there, and let it drain out your bilge and wash it throughly.

But if it's on the bottom and you can't get to it, then on the internet you can get a pump to pump it out the dip stick tube.

Here's a pic of one of my jet boats..... damn it I have 4 though lol