I will try to keep this short but give as much info as possible. I purchased a boat with this motor on it but it was not rigged just bolted to transom. Owner had taken motor off boat and had carbs rebuilt, waterpump, and trim motor replaced. On the way home from mechanic, the owner dropped motor out of the back of his truck and broke the pan which has since been replaced. Unfortunatly, this man as passed away and this is why the boat was sold.
I hired the mech that did the work to rig the motor for me and get motor to run. We were able to get motor to start but it did not idle very smooth. I changed the plugs and water tested. Found motor would idle just good enough to stay running but ran great at mid rpm. At top end motor would start to surge then want to die unless you pulled off throttle to middle. Problem was fixed by replacing cracked cap on fuel filter and also found top carb was missing one of two mounting nuts. Motor had no issues at that time after water test.
Last weekend we ran about 25 nm in the boat with no problems. When we got back to the launch it started having trouble with idle and staying running. During flushout motor was chugging. I adjusted carb screws byabout 1/2 turn and motor smoothed out.
Yesterday he'd boat out for same trip. Saw fish feeding so stopped for a minute. Had a really hard time getting motor to even refire. When it did, it seemed to have been flooded but it did not put out blue smoke. Motor will not idle now for very long at idle speed before stalling out. When this happens it shuts down very hard with the motor jumping. Not smoothat all.
Sorry for long post but I know details are important.
Mixed new batch of fuel last night, no change. Smoke when motor does fire is white. Still seems to run pretty good at mid rpm. Keep stabil in tank. Have had boat running and using it for about 4 weeks now. Thanks in advance for any imput!
I hired the mech that did the work to rig the motor for me and get motor to run. We were able to get motor to start but it did not idle very smooth. I changed the plugs and water tested. Found motor would idle just good enough to stay running but ran great at mid rpm. At top end motor would start to surge then want to die unless you pulled off throttle to middle. Problem was fixed by replacing cracked cap on fuel filter and also found top carb was missing one of two mounting nuts. Motor had no issues at that time after water test.
Last weekend we ran about 25 nm in the boat with no problems. When we got back to the launch it started having trouble with idle and staying running. During flushout motor was chugging. I adjusted carb screws byabout 1/2 turn and motor smoothed out.
Yesterday he'd boat out for same trip. Saw fish feeding so stopped for a minute. Had a really hard time getting motor to even refire. When it did, it seemed to have been flooded but it did not put out blue smoke. Motor will not idle now for very long at idle speed before stalling out. When this happens it shuts down very hard with the motor jumping. Not smoothat all.
Sorry for long post but I know details are important.
Mixed new batch of fuel last night, no change. Smoke when motor does fire is white. Still seems to run pretty good at mid rpm. Keep stabil in tank. Have had boat running and using it for about 4 weeks now. Thanks in advance for any imput!