Guest Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Its great owning your own boat until something goes wrong with the boat,trailer or motor and in my case it was the motor. I had just finished at the social for soft plastics and Jewhunter said "you have a fuel leak" I thought is was just a minor problem so I called Ash from XTREME MOBILE MARINE to come over and fix it up quick. Ash was very thorough and went right over the motor looking for the fuel leak and found that the needle and seat was faulty on the fuel vapour seprator but as he looked further he noticed a little bit of salt build up laying on the inside of the cowl which shouldnt have been there and discovered a side plate had corroded on the fuel seperator and was letting salt water into the inner parts of the cowel. I made some enquiries on getting a new part and went into shock how much they cost so a quick call to Huey at Huett Marine and Craig sorced me the part much cheaper than I could have got it for (THANKS HUEY) and had it flown in from the USA. It took two weeks to arrive and was promplty sent from Huett Marine to our place. I rang Ash and he came over today and did a wonderful job installing the Fuel Vapour Seperator,his first . Ash was very thorough and xtremely professional handling my pride and joy and also gave me a few tips on preventative maintenance. The word he used was anal and I can tell you Ash is so careful of every little part it was amazing!! Thanks so much to our two great Site Sponsors who have saved me 100 $$$ and peice of mind once more. Regards a very happy Swordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Having seen first hand how meticulous Stewy is with all his equipment, it is high praise for Ash What a great outcome due to the assistance of two invaluable sponsors. Well done to all concerned. There'll be no stopping you now, Stewy Cheers Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 So glad Jewhunter noticed it before something BAD happened!! Good to see you got it all sorted with the help of our sponsors! You'll get double the distance now the leak is fixed! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 :thumbup: yeah back on the water stewy excellent news and great it is all fixed by some great sponsors cheers johnno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Lucky it is all fixed and well now.Is it a common problem that other Suzuki owners should look out for or a one off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Lucky it is all fixed and well now.Is it a common problem that other Suzuki owners should look out for or a one off? It looks like a problem area and I will have mine inspected a lot more regularly as salt water travels through the seperator. Its the silver cover on the outside of the housing itself. Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I notice you managed to get the Paj in the photos, Stewy. Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Great stuff, Stewy. Glad it all worked out... no more fuel on the driveway Thanks to all involved for helping our our helpless Swordfisherman Good to know that sweet little boat of yours is back to puuuuuurrrrrfect Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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