ItsGeauxTime

You rang?

Update in OP

THey certainly are. Although I will not be fully at ease until I get the call from them and they confirm that whatever the issue is in fact covered by the warranty (I've heard stories of how motor and/or boat manufacturers, not Mercury necessarily, have tried to weasel out of certain warranty work situations before. The service guy at the dealership did say that the platinum warranty basically covers anything you could imagine besides something they could prove without a doubt to stem from owner neglect or improper treatment which is definitely not the case so I suppose that has given me a little relief in the mean time. This is gonna be a long 2 weeks waiting on a call :yack:

Sorry in advance for the tl;dr

My rig- 2013 Z-7 DC, 2013 Pro XS 150

On Toledo Bend this morning and boat fires up just fine like it does at least every other week. Idle a couple hundred yards out of the cove and make a 5 minute run to first fishing spot of the day with no issues. Fish for about an hour and decide to head across to the Texas side of the lake to a spot about 15 minutes away. Boat ran excellent until about 12 minutes into that trip when it sputtered for a second like it would of had trash in the fuel but quickly recovered. That is until I made it about 100 more yards and the engine starts making a horrific clattering/knocking sound paired with a very generous about of vibration to go with it. So I immediately shut it down. It was very rough idling for a little bit when I decided to try to limp to a nearby marina but it died the second I put it in gear. It would still crank after that but die again when forward or reverse were engaged. After trying that once each, I cranked once more to hear it idle but it died on its own about 5 seconds after crank. Just a note- Oil levels in both tanks good, non ethanol gas with additives, and when it initially sputtered for a quick second, on instinct, I looked down at my water pressure and it was still good @12-13 psi so I'm pretty certain nothing was caused from overheating. Also I never got any kind of alarm from the motor.

Just got it back to town and dropped it off at the dealer but probably won't hear anything for 2 weeks. I do still have the Platinum warranty good until next March (thank God) but I'm just curious of what yall think might have happened and how bad it actually is. Thanks for any input yall have and let me know if I've left out any crucial info.

**UPDATE FOR THOSE INTERESTED**

Just got back from the shop and took a look for myself where there is a quarter sized hole in the #3 cylinder. Wont be certain of what actually caused the damage until they open it up. Now just to wait to hear from Mercury to see how they want to handle it. Hopefully they don't give me any kind of run around which I believe they won't. I'll just have to accept the fact that my fishing season is probably done for the season unless winter decides to be non existent again this year here in SWLA. I'll be sure to update again after we hear from Mercury just in case anybody is curious.

Down 14 with Alshon left- standard

Not feeling confident even though I had a great week with Carr/Forte/KBenjamin... I'll be the second highest scorer this week :banghead:

I'm not saying that the trade was bad on either of yalls part in week 1. Especially if the trade helped both teams. They were both the obvious rb1 and wr1 for their teams. The problem was the agreement for a trade back after Martin got healthy. That's collusion 101. If you're hurting at a position, then play the waiver wire or make a trade and stick with it. You could have even got Martin back and traded a rb to another team in need at that time and nothing would have been an issue. But I agree with the poster above, if the league knew and allowed it then they are just as dumb for letting shite like that fly. I really can't take anyone's side in this case or the issue y'all are having with the guy not filling a lineup. Everyone in this league seems dumber than the guy next to him. Play dumb games... Win dumb prizes.

Agree on Fitz. Seems like Marshall and Decker each find the endzone every week

That is actually how I have it set as of right now. Dez scares me with his wildly inconsistent Qb play. And Ryan has killed me all year with his turnovers.

One more question. Roll with Eli or pick up Stanford to pair with Calvin in hopes of a big combination? Although I believe GB has given up less than 10 tds this year to wrs. Im driving myself crazy with this team

If money is involved, as a commish, I would certainly step in and set his lineup off of highest projected players. It's only fair. I promise if it were anyone else (especially the commish) it were happening to, they'd be pissed too. And being that this guy has shown that he's a douche, if it were happening to him, he'd absolutely scream the loudest. If the guy cries, then have commish revoke ownership of his team and give him the boot. This would never be an issue if the guy still had a shot at the playoffs

Sorry. See that in OP now. Jmo but I'd prefer a starting lineup of
Bell
Gore
Obj
Maclin
Cooper

Over

Bell
Hill
Maclin
Cooper
Jarvis

In a standard league I can honestly see gore putting up close to what hill will, now that he is with a competent offense. So if I'm to believe that to be the case then I'd definitely take obj over Jarvis. If you're iffy on trading hill then I'd either stand pat or see if I could pull a more proven non PPR wr2 for gore.