bayliner 2010 mercruiser?

Question

I recently bought a brand new bayliner 2010 with a mercruiser 3.0 tk5 engine. I have roughyl 18 total hours on the engine. Today, after about 2 hours of boating, i was in reverse pulling away from the beach. When i went to put the boat in forward gear the engine stalled. I also noticed it was very hard putting the throttle into gear. (Basically alot of tension). I could still put the boat into reverse and I could also maneuvor the control handle very easily when the boat was in "safety neutral".
Someone responded that it could be the interrupter switch. If this is the case.... is there anyway for me to trouble shoot the switch or should i just take the boat in to have it looked at?? The boat is only 4 weeks old... so its under warranty. Was just shocked when this issue came up with such a new boat and engine.

Answer 1

Not much to do at this point. If you mess with it too much, it could void the warranty. It's a mechanical item, stuff breaks. I've had stuff happen on the first outing with boats that were brand new. Be glad that it's under warranty.

Answer 2

Sorry to hear you are having problems with your brand new Bayliner...



I wish we had of had the chance to talk for an hour before you bought it, and you wouldn't be having this problem.

It is, as Derrick said "stuff breaks". But they shouldn't, least not on a brand new boat. One of the critical facts of buying a new boat vs buying a new car... is that most new first time boat buyers do not demand a "test drive". When buying a new (or used) boat - one should always insist on an on the water "test drive" and shake that sucker down through it's paces...

As is... you need to take it back to the dealer. You have a warranty... So, make sure "this time" they get everything fixed as it should be... and then keep doing that until everything is as it should be. Don't you dare let the season expire without having your vessel running and performing in "perfect" order.

I am sorry about your loosing out on prime boating time in the prime boating season... but this just may be the only way to end up "a happy boater".



Good Luck,

John

Answer 3

i always wonder if the poeple who love to sya bayliners are junk have actually worked on them....



i have. i worked as a service tech at a one the big chain bayliner dealerships for 2 years. our shop wasnt 100 yards from a launch ramp.



all boats have an occasional flaw.

sanger, one the best quality ski boats tend to come with crap in the tank, within 20 hours you get hesitation problems, replace the inline filter. for a while a batch came through that the prop shaft coupler had been overtightened, that resulted in a few bolts snapping and total loss of power to the prop. i figure that was a new guy who had not been properly trained yet, only about a dozen came through and they came out the line one after another by the hull numbers.



supreme ski boats, the people who fix them dont call them SUCKpreme for nothing.



i worked on a reinells too, on one i did pre delivery inspection myself, it did not include an actual use in the water with a load on the motor. it didnt make it past the docks once it had a load on the motor before the motor blew (volvo / gm 4.3).



one of supremes did the same thing once with its merc / gm 5.7, motor blown in under 2 hours.





problems do slip through. wires do get misconnected, bolts do get over or under tightened. thats what a good warranty is for, and merc has one of the best.



bayliners are great boats, at an entry level price. i havent seen anything with them that i havent seen with the "better" brands. they are not outstanding, but i would buy one of them, and there are brands i have worked on i would not ever consider owning.

and i speak from experience working on them.





now as for your problem, it is most likely the interrupter switch causing it to stall. its possible it has come out of adjustment. but i suspect there is more going on.

namely, why is hard to to shift into forward?

is it still hard to shift into forward if the motor isnt even on?

if something is interfering with the shifting, that could cause the interrupter to be interupting for too long.

shift cables do fail. either quickly are after many years of use.

take it the shop, its under warranty.



and again, 18 hours is just about time for your 1st service. fluids and filters.

its been my experience that 95% of marine issues stem from lack of maintence. 5% are things like this, warranty.

one good day on the water and you have hit 20 hours already. while an hour or two excess isnt bad, might as well get it knocked out while it is in the shop anyways.

Answer 4

Bayliner is what's observed as an "get entry to point boat" it relatively is an incredible way of exclaiming "much affordable piece of crap". tension is an outdated chrysler and is absolute JUNK. Mercruiser is an inboard/outboard it relatively is relatively distinctive yet lots greater useful. in my opinion i might by no skill even evaluate a Bayliner. go searching thoroughly earlier spending your money. P.S. Did you hear that next years Bayliner is coming with a glass backside? Yeah, so which you will see final years sort!