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[Jerold Geisenheimer]

Just to share a recent experience which may prove helpful to someone sometime: we were leaving Ft Myers Beach on Christmas Eve and my Yanmar diesel would not shift out of reverse. I shut the engine down, let out the anchor and called Sea Tow. The problem: trottle cable snapped with engine in reverse and therefore would not start. We were towed in but what I learned is that we could have manually placed the the shift lever in neuteral started the engine and then with one person at the helm for steering and another at the engine lever managed to get home without help as an emergency temporary fix. Another bit of information gained from experience. I placed an in line flush out between the intake and strainer and now flush my engine with Salt Away every time we encounter salt water. My boat is now running 4 degrees cooler on average. Hope this is of some help. Jerry

 

[RProffer]

Jerold,
What year is your boat? Where did the cable break? What kind of break was it - corrosion, etc? Throttle cables are usually pretty tuff and rarely break. It would be interesting to find out what happened with yours.

 

[Jerold Geisenheimer]

I have a 2009 R29. The cable broke about 6 inches from the engine lever and appears to be a clean non corrosive break. Throttle cable breaks are not that uncommon.
Jerry

 

[wefings]

FYI there is no throttle cable ,only the shift cable . All the electronic diesels have "fly by wire" electronic throttles . The trottle position is transmitted electronically to the ECM of the motor . Automobiles are the same way .
Marc

 

[knotflying]

Hence, the runaway Toyota!

 

[Jerold Geisenheimer]

Sorry for the wrong terminology. I stand corrected. It was the shift cable that snapped.