We're in TROUBLE OUR BOAT MIGHT HAVE BRAVO-ITIS!

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We're in TROUBLE OUR BOAT MIGHT HAVE BRAVO-ITIS!

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In this video We're in Trouble Our Boat might have BRAVO-ITIS! A BOATING SEA TRIAL I Will NEVER FORGET! This sea trial was the one and only sea trial that my boat has ever had that was the one I will never forget. It was full of hesitation, bumpy, and all alarms going off. It was a crazy ride, I did not think I was going to arrive to the marina at one point. See what Bravo-itis is, and how to know if your boat has it. This is the outcome of using BAD Boat Mechanics, I will never trust any boat mechanic again. Bravo-Itis on the other hand is when the intake of sea water is restricted by saltwater corrosion at the Bellhousing on the transom, causing the the engine to overheat on higher rpm's. (Usually on Bravo 3 Outdrives). Thanks for watching! Peace from the Keys!
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@johnbeachfl1 5 ай бұрын

I had bravoitis. Key symptoms: overheat at higher rpm’s, low water pressure, lack of overheat when hooked to the hose (I have a flush installed after the transom). We solved by installing a thru-hull intake and abandoning the outdrive supply. I did all the same things to try to fix: raw water pump, thermostat, circulating pump. I didn’t have a display for most of my time diagnosing bc my smartcraft gauge LCD was roached. Water pressure was key to diagnosing and demonstrates the value of diagnostic tools and displays.

@KeysBoatingChannel 5 ай бұрын

Hi John, wow thanks so much for sharing your experience. I was thinking the exact same thing, to install a thru hull water connection, strainer, seacock, and eliminate the intake from the outdrive. Wow, thanks Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@Lulapazeamor 7 ай бұрын

Amigo, eu passei por isso aqui no Brasil. Depois de vários mecânicos diagnosticarem errado, por acaso, eu acabei descobrindo que o problema era na chave de ignição. Troquei tudo por uma modelo automotivo e barato, nunca mais meu motor parou de funcionar do nada. Cheguei a percorrer todo circuito e o defeito estava ali no painel, na minha frente. Meu motor é exatamente igual ao seu. Um forte abraço!

@KeysBoatingChannel 7 ай бұрын

Olá, obrigado por assistir nosso vídeo! Seu comentário é muito útil e verificarei minha chave de ignição. Às vezes a solução é muito simples, mas sempre procuramos algo mais complicado...rs. Muito obrigado meu irmão! Bênçãos! Paz em Florida Keys!

@2BearsOutdoors 10 ай бұрын

Wow brother, I'm so sorry. But let's hope once the hardest is installed your boat will run. Great video brother

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

My brother thanks so much for watching and for the Special and Awesome Gift! You are Awesome! Love it! Bro, yes hopefully it will be fixed soon. Blessings! Peace from the Keys!

@LuisGonzalez-ru5xw 10 ай бұрын

Sorry to see this my brother. Look like electrical. Hopefully when you replace the wiring harness all will be good. Stay positive my brother.

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Bro! On Monday they are putting the computer on it, so lets see. I also have a feeling its going to be something simple. Peace!

@jameslinderman6825 10 ай бұрын

Ugh that’s frustrating! Sorry amigo, hope it’s an easy fix!

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi James! Thanks so much for watching and your support! Yes, hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this problem soon, there will be more updates to come. Peace from the Keys!

@jameslinderman6825 10 ай бұрын

I’ll be watching; I’ve been using a 285 as a crash pad and LOVE her so far!

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

I have mine for 19 years, and love it. Thanks, James! Peace ✌️

@paulbromell8018 8 ай бұрын

Sitting steady at 175 it's not overheating. I'd set the alarm for around 200. The engine shuddering is a unrelated issue. I'd look at a coil overheating. (or fuel problem)

@KeysBoatingChannel 8 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, thanks for watching and your advice. Greatly appreciated. Peace from the Keys!

@premiertv759 10 ай бұрын

I Fix that problem on my boat on my own .Mechanics wanted $9,000 to fix it. I By pass water intake and change thermostact to open @140 much better for south florida the problem was fixed. Now my boat runs cool at high speed

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks so much for watching our video. Bypass, I thought about that many times, how did you do it? Great Info! Thanks for your support, Peace from the Keys!

@markdimaio8396 10 ай бұрын

Wow when rains it pours! These sorta things are maddening. Especially when it's on multiple fronts. Keep me posted

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Mark! Yes it was a crazy sea trial. Hope to get it under control soon. Thanks for watching Bro! Peace from the Keys!

@dearmas0981 10 ай бұрын

I think we should ALL appreciate your effort in making these videos, and showing the truth about boat ownership and not only the good parts. Just went through the same thing your going through brother! Hope you get the back on the water soon.

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks so much for watching our videos. I greatly appreciate your support! Yes, hopefully we will find the issue, and be back on the water, can't wait. Thanks so much my Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@perfectfitboating 10 ай бұрын

Man we were really hoping that this would be it. Trust us, we know the feeling. That’s a sweet rig don’t give up on her! 🤙

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Brother. We'll be working on her Friday. Hopefully, we can get to the bottom of this problem. Peace from the Keys!

@TJ.on.Bassguitar 10 ай бұрын

Morning.. New sub New boat owner.. Tone from Philly.. yea the Phillies laid a egg..smh

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Tone! Thanks for the Sub! Congrats on your new boat, Enjoy! Thanks so much for watching! Peace from the Keys!

@gordondoran9958 10 ай бұрын

My 98 ,with the same setup as your's , runs at 175 to178 and the water temp is 70-73 degrees F. You have something else going on . Have a mechanic put a fuel pressure gauge and see if the fuel pressure regulator is stuck and giving you excess fuel pressure causing the alarm .

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Gordon, thanks for watching and your info! My mechanic is coming this Thursday or Friday I will tell him. Thanks so much Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@bartb2652 10 ай бұрын

Bro i’m so sorry for you… please keep the Bayliner! Just needs some more love. Keep it up! Support from Holland

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Bart! Thanks for watching and support! Hope to get it fixed with no major problems soon. Thanks Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@COBALTGRUV 10 ай бұрын

You are the man… hang in there brother, I feel your pain. I had to replace TWO gimble housings at the same time, new props, and so much more! It’s been a long road! Curious to see what the fix is. I think I need some new wiring harnesses too…. Ugh. Stay up brother

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Brother! Thanks so much for your support. We are installing the Harness hopefully this Friday, lets see the outcome. Thanks! Peace from the Keys!

@COBALTGRUV 10 ай бұрын

@@KeysBoatingChannel good luck! I imagine you’re getting video of the install? I might need this.. lol… I posted a intro video to my boat if you’re interested… rock on man!

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

@@COBALTGRUV Hi! We installed it today, still need to do the sea trial, but waiting for a 50 amp engine main breaker to replace. Video coming soon. Yes, where is your boat intro video?

@COBALTGRUV 9 ай бұрын

@@KeysBoatingChannel looking forward to see the harness vid. Question: Have you ever had white smoke at start up? If so what causes that? I listened to another KZfaqr and he says it’s “un-burnt” fuel. Any suggestions would be great…. Rock on man

@KeysBoatingChannel 9 ай бұрын

@@COBALTGRUV Hi Brother! Thanks! I'm not a mechanic, but white smoke could mean burning oil through bad head gasket, worn valve seats, and worse of all cracked cylinder head. If its light smoke your head gasket may be going bad. Again I'm not a mechanic, just a been there done that...lol. Hope this helps. Peace from the Keys!

@ReelifeFishing 10 ай бұрын

Gus, love 3 bears outdoors. Hope you get that boat back in tip top shape. Boats are a pain . Like alway great video

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Tony! Thanks Bro! Yes, 2Bears Outdoors is Awesome, and a Great Friend. Hopefully we'll be back on the water soon, thanks so much for watching Brother! Blessings! Peace from the Keys!

@DJFUNKYDOG 10 ай бұрын

Watching this and I'm pretty sure that's not a problem with overheating. Not sure what yours is but on my 2855 I sit pretty right where you are. Also if it was overheating it shouldn't cut out like that until it was really bad. It sounds a bit like fuel starvation but at the same time looking at the dial I'd lean more towards electrics as that needle is going crazy. That alarm sounds for many things and it's just a matter of elimination but great if you can scan engine as should direct you straight to the problem. I'm not sure what the bad guy 'fixed' but if it was me, and the boat was fine before, I'd be working through the job he done and making sure every wire was connected properly and every hose correctly. I had a cowboy work on mine when I first got it and charged me £2,300 for a £400 job. And like you, it wasn't just the bad workmanship it was the problems he left behind that I had to deal with. You have my sympathy mate, and if it helps I've a feeling it's going to be something simple. Will keep an eye out for outcome. Peace from London UK

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and your comment. Thanks for your input and experience, It will help me pinpoint the problem. I'm also thinking fuel, maybe injectors, but some times looks like electrical. It's crazy, but this Monday they are coming to put the computer to see what codes come up. Hopefully by then we should have the bottom line. Again thank you for your support Brother! Have a great weekend! Peace from the Keys!

@MichaelMonsos 10 ай бұрын

How disappointing after all the work and time you have spent chasing down the cooling issue. Hoping it might be something less costly than the Bravo-its you are suspecting. The previous owner of our boat (2013 315 Bayliner) had to replace both B-III's and the mounting plates. Very costly plus the engines needed to be R and R'd to complete the job. Good luck.

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, Yes, that's what I'm worried about. Hopefully it won't be the BravoItis, and if it is there's a BravoItis repair kit that can restore the water flow, if it's not too corroded. Hopefully it will be simple. Thanks for watching and your support! Peace from the Keys!

@vonstallin 10 ай бұрын

I have same boat, same year. That alarm sounds for various things, but I had the same situation 2 years ago. Stalling and all. It ended up being #6 cylinder wall cracked. Hopefully yours is just fuel related...it act as though the fuel pump is faulty or a fuel filter is clogged or bad batch of gas. I've had bad gas cause my boat to run crappy also. Hopefully its something simple.

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Vonstallin! Thank you so much for watching and your support. I'm hoping it will be simple! Great information to know, thanks for your comment Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@COBALTGRUV Ай бұрын

Nice new boat man! Question, do you know about the shift cable linkage on the bayliner Ciera? Mine is really tough to shift…any help would be great! 👍🏻 did you ever have to replace yours?

@KeysBoatingChannel Ай бұрын

Hi, welcome back...Thanks! On my 2004 Bayliner 285 never had to replace the shift cables, but was getting ready to replace it soon, as it was 20 years old. I was going to spray WD40 into the shifter lever casing to soften it up a little, but never got to do it. Also thought to take the shifter casing apart to re-grease the internal parts. Mine wasn't too tough to shift though. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching our video! Peace from the Keys!

@COBALTGRUV Ай бұрын

@@KeysBoatingChannel 👍🏻🤙🏻thanks man! By the time I get her out it will be a new boat!

@Bryan_One87 5 ай бұрын

So the buzzer uses ground that is ran through a separate water temp sensor and on some mercrusiers there is a oil temp and separate oil pressure sensor. Looking at your gauges bounce at the rpm is curious 🤔 the motor should not do that at 175 typically. It seems like you have a faulty oil safety sensor on that engine or the water temp sensor. They will disrupt ground to the ignition coil the protect the engine. Also lower unit oil Reservoir uses the same ground circuit that will cause motor to kill ignition. Brother I almost bet one of the sensors is your issue. The fact it is bouncing from stall to full to stall at the same time that that Sounder is chirping tells me there's an issue in that circuit it's electrical each engine has two water temp sensors one for the gauge and one for the safety buzzer and ignition kill you can test these using a multimeter if you can get to them easily Google your engines and you should be able to find the locations of each Thunder it will probably be a bear in your particular boat because the engines are down in an engine compartment hope that helps but I am pretty certain that's what is happening

@KeysBoatingChannel 5 ай бұрын

Hi Bryan! My brother thanks so much for your comment! I will definitely check them out, great information. There will be a video on my next steps, will check this too. Thanks Bro! Peace from the Keys!

@dannyboi520 10 ай бұрын

Bro have you checked all the earth connections? Has that mechanic took any off? Sounds electrical to me, hope you get sorted brother, Peace and love from England ❤

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Hi Danny! Thanks for watching and your Info, I will check all connections. Yes, to me too electrical I'm thinking also. Thanks for your support Brother! Peace from the Keys!

@dannyboi520 10 ай бұрын

@@KeysBoatingChannel i am on vacation in florida for 4 weeks in 2 weeks time, we will be coming to the keys in mid November, will be renting a boat out and hope to get to the sandbar where you go, would love to see you out and meet you bro

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

@@dannyboi520 It would be my pleasure Bro! Email me when you get down here at keysboatingchannel@gmail.com

@RollieFlores-mz4du 10 ай бұрын

maybe day change some parts of your bot sir.

@KeysBoatingChannel 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes it could be anything, can't trust all mechanics. Thank you for your comment. Peace from the Keys!

@mchaves7663 6 ай бұрын

Have you fixed the issue? In my Bayliner the water comes from the hull trough valve instead of the Bravo sterndrive. At 80c+,the ecu will cut off to protect the engine.

@KeysBoatingChannel 6 ай бұрын

Hi MChaves, yes I've thought about doing this too. The overheating seems like its ok now after the manifold replacement, but the engine stalling is still there. We are preparing to do a video changing out the high pressure fuel pump, fuel cooler, and regulator. Its the only items thats 20 years old. Hopefully this is it. Thanks for your support, and watching our video. Peace from the Keys!

@JohnBraman413 8 ай бұрын

would doing barnacle buster flush do anything to possibly help clear that out?

@KeysBoatingChannel 8 ай бұрын

Hi John, thanks for watching our video! Yes, we did the Descaling and a Barnacle buster flush, and it did better. But the main problem was a blockage in the manifolds. See the videos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7yebMqhstuRpI0.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oamJdK2K0LrGl6s.html Thanks for your support, Happy Holidays! Peace from the Keys!