Sea Ray 220 Select, Owner'S Manual

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3.5
S
ECTION
3 • U
SING
Y
OUR
B
OAT
220 Select
2. Turn ON battery switch
located adjacent to the
battery.
3. Check that water level in
bilge is minimal. Verify that
the bilge pump is
operating by turning the
bilge pump switch to
MANUAL and listening for the pump running and
check to see that bilge water is being pumped
overboard. Close the engine compartment.
4. Check fuel level. Be sure
you have enough fuel for
your trip. Remember the
“1/3 Rule”: Use no more
than 1/3 of your fuel for
outbound trip; use 1/3 of
the fuel for return trip; keep
1/3 for reserve in case of
emergency.
5. Run bilge blowers for at
least 4 minutes before
attempting to start engine.
Unlike your automobile
engine which is naturally
ventilated even when it is
not moving, your boat
engine compartment (the bilge) does not have
sufficient natural ventilation when the boat is
not moving or moving slowly. That is why the
engine compar tment must have forced
ventilation, using the bilge blower, to remove
potentially explosive gasoline vapors, before the
engine is started and when the boat is moving
slowly.
Because it may be difficult to remember to turn
on the bilge blower every time you slow down
the boat, it is recommended that the bilge
blower run all the time the engine is running.
6. Place drive unit in full
DOWN/IN position.
7. Put throttle and shift
control lever into neutral;
then for a:
COLD ENGINE - press
THROTTLE ONLY button
and move shift/throttle
lever forward to full open
throttle, then return to
about 1/4 throttle.
WARM ENGINE - Press THROTTLE ONLY
button and move shift/throttle lever about 1/4
open throttle position. Do not pump lever.
FLOODED ENGINE - press THROTTLE
ONLY button and move shift/throttle lever to full
open position. DO NOT pump lever. When the
engine starts, move shift/throttle lever back
rapidly to decrease engine speed to between
1000 and 1500 RPM.
GUEST
M
A
DE
IN U.S
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ON
OFF
FU
LL
Y E
NGA
GED AT DETE
NT
S
S
TO
P
EN
GINE
BEFORE SWI
TC
HI
NG
O
F
F
(
FIG
. 3.5.1)
(
FIG
. 3.5.3)
(
FIG
. 3.5.2)
(
FIG
. 3.5.5)
(
FIG
. 3.5.4)
THROTTLE
ONLY
BUTTON
FWD
NEUTRAL