pontoonski
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- May 21, 2004
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I just dumped in today, first time this season. I've only owned the boat for about 10 hours (last season) and here is my situation. Last fall I used it briefly. Had a marina put some gas in during that 10 hours last season and at that time they also added the 2 stroke oil to the gas. Ordered the Clymer manual to do a winterization and read that the motor has an oil injection and that the gas does not need mixed...more on that later. Anyway, it ran beautiful until I took it out last fall. Winterized it according to the Clymer manual. Start it up about 2 weeks ago and it ran perfect. I trailer the boat to the lake it's used in and figured I should fill up on gas at $1.99 while I can. I do not add any oil to the gas. I dump in today, start it and let it rev at about 3000 rpms for a couple minutes, idle down, let the lines loose and proceed to motor down the river at idle. I then get to the mouth of the lake and try to give it some gas and I get nothing as far as rpm's. It feels almost like the throttle cable broke. I idle back to the dock and see that the throttle is moving the lever on the engine. My uneducated guess seems to be that it either running very rich like the choke is stuck or maybe too lean and the engine is electronically holding back to protect itself. Does anyone think it could be that I did not add 2 stroke oil to my gas? The oil resevoir on the side is filled and it was working last year even with the mix gas as I did get a low oil warning beep the last day of use. Everything was running perfect up until what seems *to me* that the old (mixed) fuel ran through the lines, and the new unmixed fuel reached the engine (About 3-5 minutes of running). Heading back tomorrow (Sunday) after posting here on the forum and cracking the Clymer manual for suggestions. The engine starts and idles just fine but I can not get any revs past 1400rpm. There are no warning beeps suggesting low oil or overheating. What could have happened to where I launch and it runs great in neutral even up to 4000 rpms to just a few minutes later to where there is nothing? Maybe the injection pump wasn't working to full capacity but ran fine on a gas mix?? But would this situation of straight gas cause the engine to not rev at all?? I have no excessive smoke but to see small oil splatters (like light rain) appearing behind the motor. Any help greatly appreciated. TIA