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I picked up my new 2011 150 Speedster 4 weeks ago. Never even had the chance to use it when I got the letter from BRP concerning the throttle recall. Luckily my dealer received the recall information from BRP almost on the same day and knowing that I had just purchased the boat he immediatley ordered the replacement part. So when I contacted him by email he said the part was on the way. I brought the boat to the dealer and they did the switch out Friday. The dealer told me that BRP said that the "shop time should be about 2.8 hours." I think it took his mechanic (who is excellent) a little less time.

Let me try to explain what they had to do and what the problem was. The Teleflex shifter and throttle handle unit were manufactured incorrectly in the linkage attachments below the deck. When I looked at the replacement part at the dealer, you really could not tell that the part was much different.

The problem was as follows: We all know that on the basic SeaDoo models, to start the boat, the shifter has to be in neutral. Well, on the incorrect unit you could start the boat with the shifter in Forward and the throttle in any position. That could be dangerous! You could start the boat and it could immediately take off forward! Also, the new unit makes sure that the throttle is all the way back before allowing moving the shifter. The other thing that the new unit does is this: When shifted in Reverse the throttle throw is limited to about 1/4 throttle. So you can't accidentally go full throttle in reverse.

Question; Is needing to have the throttle all the way back before being able to shift a modification to stop the practice of the "submarine move?" I don't know haw to do that, but I am just wondering?

Nothing in the change out is electrical. It is all mechanical in the linkage assembly below the handles.

I can't say enough good things about my dealer, Tim's Ford Powersports in Winchester, TN 931-968-0114, owner Marty Coe. If anyone is close to there and needs sports boat help or pwc help, give him a call.

Gordon

Just ordered a new 2011 Speedster 150 with the 255hp engine at the Nashville Boat Show. The reason I did it at the boat show was because BRP was there and they were offering a 4 year BEST warranty for boat sales done at the show. So that is a total of 5 years of warranty.

I have a 2007 Speedster 150 with the 215hp engine. I bought is used (therefore no warranty) with only 16 hours on it. But the second weekend on the water it had a major oil leak from some seal around the oil pump. I can't explain the specifics of the leak and the area of the seal. I had a very good dealer fix it and it cost just over $700. The seal and everything should be OK from this point forward and the mechanic says the boat is in great shape, but I still don't trust having this boat without a warranty at this point.

So I am going to upgrade and get the 5 years of protection.

If anyone is thinking about a new boat I suggest you try to get to a major boat show in your area. Apparently BRP offers this BEST deal at the big boat shows, but not the small shows.

Gordon

I want some input, can I be missing something? This is my first year winterizing this boat (2007 Speedster 215hp), I bought it used this summer.

When using the flush connector with a garden hose at the rear of the boat, does that water from the garden hose circulate throught the exhaust system AND the intercooler system? Meaning, if you were doing a fresh water flush to wash out salt water, I am assuming that the flush adapter allows water to circulate through both the exhaust system AND through the intercooler. (I don't boat in salt water, I am just using that as a circulation example)

If that is the case, could you use the flush adapter to circulate antifreeze through both the exhaust system and the intercooler and prevent the need to disconnect hoses and drop antifreeze into areas with a funnel.

I have use this technique on my inboard ski boat for years. My inboard has a fresh water flush hose that I use to winterize the exhaust system. I made a special plastic bucket with a garden hose hydrant in it's bottom, so I can shut the flow on and off to a garden hose attached to it. I fill the bucket (3 gallon) with 50% anti freeze mixture, hang it form the ceiling of the boat house and start the engine and the mixture get sucked in and comes out of the exhaust. It sucks down 3 gallons in about 20 seconds, but I can see that I am getting full circulation. I repeat the procedure on "the other side" of the thermostat to get the antifreeze into the engine block. I have to do this because the boat never has a chance to come up to operating temperature to open the thermostat. This has worked great for the past 10 year with this boat.

So could this work with my 2007 215hp Speedster? Just suck up a mixture of antifreeze through the flush adapter? Would antifreeze get everywhere it needs to get to, exhaust and intercooler? Then the only other thing I would do is spray some lubrication down the spark plug holes. I probably would not try to fog down the engine.

Thanks, I am interested in your input.
Gordon