brother chris
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1978 55hp evinrude.<br />While we were cruising on Saturday, the gas tank ran dry, so I filled up the tank with gas. About 2-3 minutes later, after I fired it up and starting cruising again. I thought that I forgot to put the oil in the gas, so we stopped the boat, checked the gas, sure enough, no oil.<br />So I put the oil in it, shook it up a bit and off we go. Just before the boat was to come to plane the motor would just bog down. It would not go past 1/2 throttle. <br />I checked the fuel filter(the screen) and nothing was blocking the gas. Gas can was vented as well. <br />So we fire it up again and the same thing happened. When I put the throttle all the way forward, it would get to 1/2 throttle and bog down again. <br />So, again, we stop the boat, check the fuel lines and all seem to be okay. I fire up the boat and off we go. Now it goes up on plane and all is fine. About 2 minutes later it bogs down again. <br />So we ended up just cruising back to the dock at 1/2 throttle. <br />Any ideas would be great. Thanks in advance...<br />Bro Chris...
