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    • Welp, got my boat back from the dealer (warranty work) recently and took it out to the lake for the first time this season. Started it up and checked the engine to find water dumping out the exhaust manifold on the starboard side. The freeze plug had popped out which seems to me they did not winterize my boat before the big freeze in January here in North Texas. 
       

      My plan is to take it back to them (Tommy’s Lewisville) and have them check the block and the exhaust manifolds. Anything else I should be concerned about here?  Guess I’m wondering my recourse if they didn’t winterize it after all and I have engine damage. 

    • Ok thanks for the advice.

      I found a video of the fumes if that helps.https://youtube.com/shorts/P5dM53fUkE0?si=hYDM9xagVuYgRNiI

    • Took our new boat out for the first time and after about two hours had the autobildge warning keep kicking on. Confirmed no water pumping out the sides.  Opened the floor hatch mid ship and only a small about of water. Manually turned on the bilge and nothing. Noted on the small screening where you turn on the bilge the sensor seemed to be indicating bilge off/on but not turning on. Stuck sensor? Thoughts? Thanks in advance! Hoping to avoid a trip to the dealer. 

    • Does anybody have a file for just the sunset?  I am making a new bracket for a new winch and figure I could cut the logo out into the supports using the CNC plasma table. 

    • EchelonMike

      Posted (edited)

      Welcome!

      I had an older VLX and we always liked that boat (it was a 2005).  2013 will get you power wedge and surfgate tech so that's a great starting point.  

      I can't comment on screen tech for that era boat, but I'd recommend that you take it for a test drive before buying.  Press every switch to make sure things work.  Page through the menu and make sure there are no active or inactive trouble codes listed.  Make sure surfgate and wedge work.  Make sure ballast tanks all fill and all drain.  Run  it up to wide open throttle.  Make sure the steering is smooth (if not might need steering cable replacement, they wear and corrode over time).  Make sure there are no strange vibrations when underway.

      See if they know when the impeller was last changed (it's a rubber part that sucks water from the lake to cool the engine - most replace annually as a precaution).  Find out when the V-Drive and Transmission fluids were changed.  Oil is pretty easy to tell if it's clean or dirty on the dipstick.

      When running the boat on the lake, open all the hatches and make sure there isn't any sign of water leaking from anywhere in the engine, from ballast, etc.  

      That's most of what I can think of - good luck!

       

      Edited by EchelonMike
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