I have a 1995 Sea Ray 200 signature series with the 5.0 Mercruiser / Bravo 1 sterndrive all original. I recently took my boat out and had some trouble getting it started. Usually I don’t have to use the choke to get my boat to start, but this time I had to choke it and it finally roughly started. Went around for 20/30 minutes and it started to make a miss sound/like it was out of fuel. Took it to a shop and they replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, adjusted the timing and adjusted the carburetor. Took it back out and ran great for 30 minutes then it went back to doing the same thing. Keep in mind, it is starting good now and it had idled great just as soon as I would put it under a full load it will make the noise and then completely start to die out. Took it back to the shop and they told me they couldn’t find a problem. Strange thing is I can’t get the problem to replicate if it’s hooked up to ears at my house, only under a load in the river.
At this point I’m thinking maybe it’s the float in the carburetor is sticking and it’s starving fuel or the fuel lines to the tank are beginning to collapse. Carburetor jets are shooting fuel when the problem is happening and I have not yet put a fuel pressure gauge on. If anyone has had a problem like this or has any idea any help is greatly appreciated!!
At this point I’m thinking maybe it’s the float in the carburetor is sticking and it’s starving fuel or the fuel lines to the tank are beginning to collapse. Carburetor jets are shooting fuel when the problem is happening and I have not yet put a fuel pressure gauge on. If anyone has had a problem like this or has any idea any help is greatly appreciated!!
