2012 Malibu Owners Manual

RECORD IMPORTANT INFORMATION In addition to this manual, your Malibu Owner’s Packet contains instructions, warranties and other important information from component manufacturers. Read these materials carefully since improper registration, operation and maintenance can void the warranty and jeopardize the safety of you and others. Fill in the information below and keep a copy of it in a safe place. Hull HIN ___________________________________________________________________ Ignition Key # ___________________________________________________________ Registration # ___________________________________________________________ Date Purchased __________________________________________________________ Dealer/Phone ____________________________________________________________ Fax/E-mail ______________________________________________________________ Engine Model # _____________________________________________________________ Serial # ______________________________________________________________ Transmission Model # _____________________________________________________________ Serial # ______________________________________________________________ Trailer Model # _____________________________________________________________ Serial # ______________________________________________________________ Accessory Model # _____________________________________________________________ Serial # ______________________________________________________________

i All information and specifications included in this manual were in effect at the time of approval for printing. Malibu Boats LLC reserves the right, however, to discontinue or change specifications or design at any time without notice and without incurring any obligation. Trademarks Malibu and The Malibu Logo are registered trademarks of Malibu Boats LLC. Indmar is a registered trademark of Indmar Products Co., Inc. All other product names are copyright and registered trademarks/trade names of their respective owners. © 2000-2011 Malibu Boats LLC. All Rights reserved. Printed in the USA

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CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii TABLE OF FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS . vii MODEL FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix BOATING SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Hazardous Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Carbon Monoxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Operation by Minors . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Passenger Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Basic Rules of the Road . . . . . . . . 1-10 GAUGES & CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . 2-1 Standard Gauges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Power Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23 Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26 Switches & Indicators . . . . . . . . . 2-26 Throttle Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44 Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45 Emergency Engine Stop Switch. . 2-45 Motorbox Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Driver’s Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Integral Self Draining Ice Chest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 Sundeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 V-Drive Engine Access Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 Ski Pylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 Swim Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48 Navigational Lights . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49 Storage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49 Drain Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50 Speedometer Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Tilt Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53 Optional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54 Viper Chart Plotting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62 Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-86 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Trailering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Warning Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Shifting/Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Docking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Towing / Interacting with Skiers, Wakeboarders and Wake Surfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 Towing Another Boat . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Anchoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Malibu Exclusive Adjustable Rudder System . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19 Corrosion Protection . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 CARE AND MAINTENANCE. . . . . 4-1 Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Engine/Drive Train. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9 Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W-1 iii CONTENTS

iv T ABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 Personal Flotation Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Figure 1-2 Fire Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Figure 1-3 Weather Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Figure 1-4 Diver Down Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Figure 1-5 Carbon Monoxide Hazards . . . . . 1-9 Figure 1-6 Types of Buoys . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Figure 1-7 Mooring Buoys . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Figure 1-8 Regulatory Markers . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Figure 1-9 Crossing Situation . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Figure 1-10 Overtaking Another Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Figure 2-1 Graphical Display . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Figure 2-2 MaliView Dash with Malibu Touch Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Figure 2-3 Tachometer with Oil, Volt Hourmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Figure 2-4 Speedometer with Depth, Air and Lake Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . 2-3 Figure 2-5 Dash Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Figure 2-6 In-Dash Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Figure 2-7 MaliView In-Dash Display . . . . . 2-5 Figure 2-8 Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Figure 2-9 BMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23 Figure 2-10 Power Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23 Figure 2-11 Power Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 Figure 2-12 Power Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25 Figure 2-13 Circuit Breaker Panels. . . . . . 2-26 Figure 2-14 Horn Button and Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26 Figure 2-15 Remote Ignition Key Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27 Figure 2-16 Ride Series and Response/ LX Switch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 Figure 2-17 Inline Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 Figure 2-18 Optional Rear MUX Switch . . 2-40 Figure 2-19 Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44 Figure 2-20 Throttle Control for Boats Equipped with Electric Shift . . . . . . . 2-44 Figure 2-21 Emergency Engine Stop Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45 Figure 2-22 Motorbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Figure 2-23 Bolster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Figure 2-24 Lumbar Adjuster . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Figure 2-25 Seat Adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46 Figure 2-26 Sundeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47 Figure 2-27 Engine Access Hatch. . . . . . . 2-47 Figure 2-28 Pivoting-Head Ski Pylon . . . . . . 2-48 Figure 2-29 Swim Platform . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48 Figure 2-30 Swim Step Pin Removal . . . . 2-48 Figure 2-31 Swim Step Ladder Strap . . . . 2-48 Figure 2-32 Bow Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49 Figure 2-33 Lockable Transom Storage . . . 2-49 Figure 2-34 Glove Box Storage . . . . . . . . 2-50 Figure 2-35 Transom Drain Plug . . . . . . . 2-50 Figure 2-36 Bilge Drain Plug . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Figure 2-37 Thru-Hull Paddle Wheel Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Figure 2-38 Tilt Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51 Figure 2-39 Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54 Figure 2-40 Boat Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54 Figure 2-41 Stereo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54 Figure 2-42 Optional Transom Remote . . 2-54 Figure 2-43 MaliView Media . . . . . . . . . . 2-61 Figure 2-44 RCA Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-61 Figure 2-45 Shower Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84 Figure 2-46 Shower Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84 Figure 2-47 Pull-Up Cleat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84 Figure 2-48 Optional G3 Tower Knob . . . 2-84 Figure 2-49 Proper Stowage of Bimini . . . 2-85 Figure 2-50 Wedge Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-86 Figure 2-51 Wedge Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-86 Figure 2-52 Scarpa Suppression Plate (SSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-86 Figure 3-1 Trailer Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Figure 3-2 Safety Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Figure 3-3 Bow Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Figure 3-4 Transom Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Figure 3-5 Warning Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Figure 3-6 Sample Capacity Plate. . . . . . . . 3-6 Figure 3-7 Fueling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Figure 3-8 Throttle Positions . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 Figure 3-9 Turning with a Rudder . . . . . . 3-12 Figure 3-10 Stern Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 Figure 3-11 Docking with Wind/Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14 Figure 3-12 Hand Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16 Figure 3-13 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17 Figure 3-14 Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Figure 3-15 Adjustable Rudder . . . . . . . . . 3-19 Figure 4-1 Monsoon 350 Engine . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4-2 L96 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4-3 5.7L LCR Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4-4 LSA Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Figure 4-5 Typical Transmission Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Figure 4-6 Drip Less Shaft Packing . . . . . . 4-8 Figure 4-7 Deck Fill and P-Trap . . . . . . . . 4-10

v Figure 4-8 FLVV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Figure 4-9 GRV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Figure 4-10 ICV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Figure 4-11 Attwood Carbon Canister . . . 4-10 Figure 4-12 Main Circuit Breaker. . . . . . . 4-11 Figure 4-13 Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Figure 4-14 Battery Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

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vii INTRODUCTION Over the years, you have watched us grow into one of the most respected boat builders in the world. And undoubtedly, somewhere, you have run into at least one Malibu owner who proudly speaks of the “Malibu Difference.” That difference they so proudly speak of could be the special way we have serviced them over the years. We call it “going the distance.” Or maybe they are referring to the way their Malibu consistently outperforms other ski boats that they have driven. We can’t deny that we are different. Our passion for building the perfect ski boat is only surpassed by our commitment to total customer satisfaction. This manual has been assembled to help you operate your new Malibu with safety and pleasure. Details of typical equipment as well as recommended safety and maintenance procedures about your boat are supplied. Please read carefully and familiarize yourself with the craft before using it. We at Malibu Boats thank you for choosing us as your boat manufacturer and assure you that your satisfaction and boating enjoyment will continue to be our #1 priority. CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS NMMA Certification Your Malibu boat has been built to meet or exceed the standards set by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA). NMMA verifies annually, or whenever a new boat model is introduced, to determine that they meet not only Coast Guard regulations, but also the more comprehensive standards set by the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC). Standards to Which This Boat was Built Your Malibu boat was built with the utmost care throughout the complete manufacturing process. The deck, hull, stringers and floor, as well as many accessory components, were built using our hand-laid composite fiberglass scheduling techniques. All boats receive complete quality control checks. Each boat is lake tested, and all information is kept on file at our factory for future reference. Exemption Notice This boat complies with U.S. Coast Guard safety standards in effect on the date of certification with the exception of certain fuel systems requirements associated with its fuel injected engine as authorized by U.S. Coast Guard Grant of Exemption (CGB-06- 005). Maintenance of the fuel system in this boat should be performed only by Malibu trained certified technicians using identical fuel systems components.

viii Hull Identification Number (HIN) Your Hull Identification Number can be found on the starboard transom of your boat below the rubber rub rail. Federal law prohibits the tampering or removing of the number in any way. Use this number to register your boat with your local and state authorities. US MB2GXXXXA001 Proposition 65 A wide variety of components used on this vessel contains or emits chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: • Engine and generator exhaust • Engine and generator fuel, and other liquids such as coolants and oil, especially used motor oil • Cooking fuels • Cleaners, paints and substances used for vessel repair • Waste materials that result from wear of vessel components • Lead from battery terminals and from other sources such as ballast or fishing sinkers TO AVOID HARM: • Keep away from engine, generator and cooking fuel exhaust fumes. • Wash areas thoroughly with soap and water after handling the substances above. Emission Control Warranty Information The engine in your boat meets the strict requirements set forth by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The engine has a special environmental tag and the boat has this label affixed to it. The tag and the label are required by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The label has 1, 2, 3 or 4 stars. The label MUST be affixed to the boat, if the boat is operated in the state of California and/or bordering waters.