Hi there. New to forum but have viewed on and off for quite awhile. Lots of smart people. Have gotten quite a few good tips from here so thank you all for the informative posts. My boat a 1984 Bayliner trophy cc w/ 1988 125hp force.
You guys are going to get a laugh out of this so here goes. As I have learned from the forums I think it is normal for fuel to empty from the bowls when tilted all the way up on these engines. To combat this, because it really bothers me I have used an oil absorbant material in the spalsh pan to soak it up. This year, ran out of that stuff and got the bright idea to use a MAXIPAD to do the same. First time out this week a good chunk of this came loose and got sucked in to the upper carb. The boat stiill ran but could not throtltle up, so I limped back quite aways at steerage speed. I was going pretty fast when it happened and it bogged down, wasn/t sure wat it was till I got the cover off at home. BIG pieces in the throat of the carb/ got out with needle nose. More pieces wedged deep inside in what I guess would be the intake manifold. Able to remove the upper carb and get those out too using my shop vac with a small tube connected to it.
My freinds now call my boat the "SS Stayfree" (LOL) but heres the problem. I ran the boat again today. It seems th run as good as it ever did out of the hole up to give or take 4100 rpm and about 32-33mph trimmed. Idle is not good.
stalls out when put into gear not right away but kind of slow. If I give it just alittle juice its seems fine, but coming into the dock hard. I have to keep it at about 1000 rpm or it will stall. restart can now also be difficult. I have to release the handle and give it throttle when it used to just start kind of snappy. Carbs were redone about 5 seasons ago.
You guys are going to get a laugh out of this so here goes. As I have learned from the forums I think it is normal for fuel to empty from the bowls when tilted all the way up on these engines. To combat this, because it really bothers me I have used an oil absorbant material in the spalsh pan to soak it up. This year, ran out of that stuff and got the bright idea to use a MAXIPAD to do the same. First time out this week a good chunk of this came loose and got sucked in to the upper carb. The boat stiill ran but could not throtltle up, so I limped back quite aways at steerage speed. I was going pretty fast when it happened and it bogged down, wasn/t sure wat it was till I got the cover off at home. BIG pieces in the throat of the carb/ got out with needle nose. More pieces wedged deep inside in what I guess would be the intake manifold. Able to remove the upper carb and get those out too using my shop vac with a small tube connected to it.
My freinds now call my boat the "SS Stayfree" (LOL) but heres the problem. I ran the boat again today. It seems th run as good as it ever did out of the hole up to give or take 4100 rpm and about 32-33mph trimmed. Idle is not good.
stalls out when put into gear not right away but kind of slow. If I give it just alittle juice its seems fine, but coming into the dock hard. I have to keep it at about 1000 rpm or it will stall. restart can now also be difficult. I have to release the handle and give it throttle when it used to just start kind of snappy. Carbs were redone about 5 seasons ago.
