I started having a problem when I went off shore last time. I could troll all day but when I went to take off it would cutout like it died, I would put it in neutral and it would drop down to idle and run fine. I found a loose fuel line and corrected that then it ran better. But it would still cut out every once in a while during my transit back that day(I was 40 miles out). The rest of the day it "cutout" a few more times. Once we were done fishing and headed home about 12 miles it ran pristine. Didnt cutout at all.
I got home changed plugs L77JC4, fuel filter, fuel/water seperator filter, and seafoamed the engine. My compression on all four is 130. I went out this weekend and I was about 20 miles out and it started to cutout agian so I promptley turned around and went back to the bay and fished their for a few hours. when I started the engine this time it ran fine untill I went to throttle it up and it cutout but it was running but then cutout and run and the engine was moving back and forth like jerking ie run-stop-run-stop-run. I tried pumping the bulb it was stiff and made no change. then it died totally. I took the cowel off adn check lines everything was tight and good. Then I got it back running after three hours I turned the red switch at the bottom of the carbs and if finally fire up and I got home. When I flushed the engine at home it started the jerking thing agian and has not started since then.
I checked the spark when it was jerking and it is firing. I checked the fuel pump to see if it was pumping and gas came out when I turned over the engine. I am totally stumped and I really dont want to pay someone $80 and hour to figure out something that I can figure out myself.
I got home changed plugs L77JC4, fuel filter, fuel/water seperator filter, and seafoamed the engine. My compression on all four is 130. I went out this weekend and I was about 20 miles out and it started to cutout agian so I promptley turned around and went back to the bay and fished their for a few hours. when I started the engine this time it ran fine untill I went to throttle it up and it cutout but it was running but then cutout and run and the engine was moving back and forth like jerking ie run-stop-run-stop-run. I tried pumping the bulb it was stiff and made no change. then it died totally. I took the cowel off adn check lines everything was tight and good. Then I got it back running after three hours I turned the red switch at the bottom of the carbs and if finally fire up and I got home. When I flushed the engine at home it started the jerking thing agian and has not started since then.
I checked the spark when it was jerking and it is firing. I checked the fuel pump to see if it was pumping and gas came out when I turned over the engine. I am totally stumped and I really dont want to pay someone $80 and hour to figure out something that I can figure out myself.
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