Both my buddy and I had to plant our fat butts in the back of the boat to keep the prop in the water while we gimped back to the landing.

Pontoon motor won't go down. Insert small phillips screwdriver into end of valve. Chances are the motor has gone open circuit. Manual choke linkage bent -- auto choke out of adjustment 11.

If you have a large enough engine to run strakes pontoons much more efficient and speedy. My pontoon was the opposite. Typical pontoon boats seem to go down in value quickly.

This is done by using a load tester to check the battery and battery cable status. Engine not primed -- pump primer system 8. Sometimes you can bang on the power tilt and trim motor with the head of a screwdriver or wrench and itll knock some of the corrosion off the brushes and the engine will then go up and down.

It was stuck all the way down and wouldnt go up. First you need to begin the troubleshooting process. You need to isolate the leak and seal it.

Trim the engine as you approach so it reduces draft and just starts gasping for air then drop it back down a couple of inches. If the engine is an auto-electric with starter motor and light on top this is a little complicated to do. It tells the unit where to start and stop and is not going to the the reason for the fault.

Try the next time when this problem occurs to use the hand pump conecting your tank with the engine. Take the cowling off of the motor and spray a short blast of fluid into the air intake. Retry if it fails.