Bill

I had the oil light and alarm come on indicating low oil level. Inspected the engine and there was oil all over the place. Turns out it was the O- ring on the oil filter cover. The oil, filter and O-ring were replaced we hooked up the garden hose and ran the engine and the O-ring failed again. The Tech then did some reshearch and found there is an up grade to the oil filter cover which has two O-rings in it. This solved the problem.

The dealership had never seen this problem but were aware of it.
I would sugest to anyone that they should install the upgraded filter cove before this happens to you. $37. Easy to do yourself.

This May long weekend my daughter and I launched the boat. We were crusing along at 6000 rpm just going past 35 mph. When I retarded the throttle to slow down I realized the throttle was stuck at 6000 rpm. I increased the throttle and then retarded it full off. For some reason I then choose to pull the shift lever back to neutral. When I did this the lever went into full reverse and there we were at 6000 rpm, bow going under. I imeadiatley pulled the kill switch . Through manipulation of the throttle and shift lever I was able to get the throttle unstuck and was able to idle the boat back to shore. Lubed the cable and went back out to try again. Same thing but I just pulled the kill switch this time. Decided It was time to get it checked.

I guess the scary thing is that when the throttle is stuck open and you have the throttle lever in the idle position you can still pull the shift lever into neutral or reverse. Believe me it stops in a hurry. I is fortunate that my daughter was holding on or this could have resulted in an injury.

I have been in contact with the dealer and will update as I learn more.