Gas in my Oil- ECM? Again!? Help!

[Lake Wylie Jeff]

I have a 2004 Wakesetter 23 LSV with the 380 Hammerhead. 2 years ago the engine would not start, replaced starter, plugs, batteries, still nothing. Took it to the Malibu dealership in Charlotte and they informed me that the ECM was bad causing it to shoot too much fuel into the engine and flooding it. I had gas in my oil. The ECM was replaced and everything worked ok. I did have to replace another starter, but maybe that is a different issue. This weekend all of this came full circle again. Engine would not turn over, batteries were fine, starter was practically brand new, so sure enough I have gas in my oil again.

My question is: Has anyone else had this type of issue? Is it the ECM and if so, why does the ECM keep going out? Is there something that I should be doing to prevent this? Is there an underlying cause that blows the ECM? Also, my Malibu dealer went OOB so can any Indmar approved service provider fix the issue?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[85 Barefoot]

I have a 2004 Wakesetter 23 LSV with the 380 Hammerhead. 2 years ago the engine would not start, replaced starter, plugs, batteries, still nothing. Took it to the Malibu dealership in Charlotte and they informed me that the ECM was bad causing it to shoot too much fuel into the engine and flooding it. I had gas in my oil. The ECM was replaced and everything worked ok. I did have to replace another starter, but maybe that is a different issue. This weekend all of this came full circle again. Engine would not turn over, batteries were fine, starter was practically brand new, so sure enough I have gas in my oil again.

My question is: Has anyone else had this type of issue? Is it the ECM and if so, why does the ECM keep going out? Is there something that I should be doing to prevent this? Is there an underlying cause that blows the ECM? Also, my Malibu dealer went OOB so can any Indmar approved service provider fix the issue?

Any help would be much appreciated.

I recently (within 2 months) had a new ECM go "bad" and it was dumping fuel, but just in one cylinder, causing rough running, but it would run. Indmar has said that there was no cause from my boat, it was just a hardware failure. I hear your frustration, espcially on such an expensive part and something that you can't "maintain".