Engine revs up, but only goes Idle speed

Any chance you might have hit something? Sounds like maybe a shear pin on the prop?
If the engine seems to run normally and you have both forward and reverse, I'd start there first.

QUOTE(Big Dog @ Jun 27 2009, 09:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Any chance you might have hit something? Sounds like maybe a shear pin on the prop?
If the engine seems to run normally and you have both forward and reverse, I'd start there first.

I don't think that I hit anything. No one on the boat heard or felt anything. It does operate normally in forwards and backwards. I'm gonna go to the marina right now to take a look at it. Hopefully it's not too much $$$$!!
If anyone has any ideas and thinks they can help give me a call 810-602-8904. I'm at a marina off Jefferson, right near Sugarbush. I could repay you with a few fishing trips or some $$ (probably a lot cheaper than what the repair guy at the marina would charge).

It sounds like you spun the hub on the prop. On my I/O the newer props have a replaceable hub. The older ones had a rubber hub.

Flo-Torq Hub Kit

Matt

Thanks guys. Yeah the guy at the repair shop at the marina said that he is almost 100% sure that the prop was spun. He took it off to looked at it and said that it was. He gave me a size 23 for the weekend to use until Monday when he can get a 21 in. I took it out for a quick ride and it does accelerate and plane out. The engine still feels a bit funny (like its slipping), but the guy said that it might do that because of the prop being a different size. I guess I'll just wait till Monday and see if a new prop replacement does the job.

Thanks again....I thought I was looking at a pricey repair job, hopefully this will fix it.

Jess