Indian_Lake_Bum
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Like the title says we have been noticing lately that on the first startup of the day we get a rather large cloud of blue smoke and the wonderful smell of burnt oil. This lasts less than a minute and goes away after that. There are no odd sounds or viberations coming from the motor while the smoke is puffing out or after it quits. Originally I thought the marina might have fogged the motor when they winterized it at our docks since this spring was the first time that I noticed the blue smoke.The smoke happened again last weekend after we had used the boat the previous day for roughly 9 hours of cruising and some just floating around) We have upper 170 - low 180 hours on the '14 yamaha 150 and it is only a little over a year old (took delivery in April '14). It's still under factory warranty (3 years) and has always been dealer serviced - 20 hour check -up - 100 hour oil change last fall when the dealer winterized the boat. We only have about 40 hours on the oil change so far this year and the level is up (checked that right after seeing the smoke the first time).
I need to shoot a video the next time we are at the lake of the startup and blue cloud to post it here to see what you guys think. What are my options if my dealer doesn't want to look at it and diagnose the problem under warranty? I'm hoping that everything is fine and if not the dealer will take care of us without any problems....really hate to spend 40K+ on a boat and have the motor crap out in a year.
I need to shoot a video the next time we are at the lake of the startup and blue cloud to post it here to see what you guys think. What are my options if my dealer doesn't want to look at it and diagnose the problem under warranty? I'm hoping that everything is fine and if not the dealer will take care of us without any problems....really hate to spend 40K+ on a boat and have the motor crap out in a year.