Rinkerfam
08-25-2012, 09:02 AM
After seeing thumbs up to East Coast Flight Craft and Gillan Marine, I wish that I had posted this on Monday like I had planned. Last Saturday we headed out from Paugus Bay Marina for a day on the water with family. We got as far as Eagle Island and the boats engine control alarm started to sound. I thought it was low drive oil and throttled back to investigate. The engine stalled upon placing the throttle in neutral. I checked the drive oil reservoir and it was full, so I decided to try and re-start the engine. I could only keep it running in neutral with enough throttle to keep the revs up. After a few tries at getting it into gear I finally succeeded and headed back to the marina. I knew that the oil pressure was fine and the engine temp was fine so I didn't think there would be an issue getting back under the boats own power. After banging into the dock (again, motor died as soon as I tried to put it into reverse), we tied up at the marina. I knew that we wouldn't get anyone to look at the the boat that day as it was the marina's annual customer appreciation day and the place was jammin'. I spoke to Reggie (the head mechanic, who also happened to be the dj for the days festivities) and he told me based on the symptoms I described that I needed a new IAC (idle air control valve). He said that if he had one in stock he would change it first thing Sunday morning so we wouldn't lose the weekend. I called at 8:30 Sunday am and was told that he had located the part and was installing it. This is customer service!! I have been wowed by these people before in terms of how well they treat their customers, but this was worthy of sharing. A lot of other marinas would have told me to call mid-week to see if they could have me in the water the following weekend. Reggie really went out of his way to get me up and running in less than 24 hours, on a WEEKEND! Thanks Reggie and the rest of the gang at Paugus Bay Marina.