22E6441
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- May 29, 2008
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I took the boat out today with the hopes of giving it a good run before I go to the cottage next weekend. This would be the first good run since I got it out of the shop a few weeks ago.
I had rebuilt the carbs and put it in the shop for a tune up...link n sync...etc. The motor ran great in their test tank with a "test prop". They said that if a motor runs well in their tank with the test prop, it practically always works in the open water because it simulates load very well. That didn't solve my sputtering at high throttle. Then I replaced the tank and gas line between the tank and motor and took the boat out for a 10 minute ride. During that ride, the boat was sputtering again. I was utterly dejected, but ended up taking the cover off the motor and all of a sudden it started to run right. Figured maybe it just had to run some crap out of the carbs or something. It seemed to be running great.
So today I go out again. I start the boat on the my new tank and line, and it took off great. Then I switched to my other (old) tank, and it ran ok for a few minutes then started sputtering again. OK, I figured the old tank was no good, or the gas was too old (about a month and half maybe? no stabil). So I switched back to my new tank and the sputtering continued. I figured no big deal...it will start running right soon.
Well, it didn't. I drove around slowly for quite a while thinking it needs to run the bad gas out again before sucking the good new stuff. No dice.
I unhooked the lines, re-hooked them, re-primed with the bulb....all had no affect what so ever. I'm stumped. I need to take this back to the shop and hope I can get this resolved quickly. I leave for the cottage next Saturday and kind of need my boat.
Here is a video I just took today to show exactly what it's doing. I'll be linking another one too once it finished uploading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbWcw2JRY8
Any ideas?
I had rebuilt the carbs and put it in the shop for a tune up...link n sync...etc. The motor ran great in their test tank with a "test prop". They said that if a motor runs well in their tank with the test prop, it practically always works in the open water because it simulates load very well. That didn't solve my sputtering at high throttle. Then I replaced the tank and gas line between the tank and motor and took the boat out for a 10 minute ride. During that ride, the boat was sputtering again. I was utterly dejected, but ended up taking the cover off the motor and all of a sudden it started to run right. Figured maybe it just had to run some crap out of the carbs or something. It seemed to be running great.
So today I go out again. I start the boat on the my new tank and line, and it took off great. Then I switched to my other (old) tank, and it ran ok for a few minutes then started sputtering again. OK, I figured the old tank was no good, or the gas was too old (about a month and half maybe? no stabil). So I switched back to my new tank and the sputtering continued. I figured no big deal...it will start running right soon.
Well, it didn't. I drove around slowly for quite a while thinking it needs to run the bad gas out again before sucking the good new stuff. No dice.
I unhooked the lines, re-hooked them, re-primed with the bulb....all had no affect what so ever. I'm stumped. I need to take this back to the shop and hope I can get this resolved quickly. I leave for the cottage next Saturday and kind of need my boat.
Here is a video I just took today to show exactly what it's doing. I'll be linking another one too once it finished uploading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbWcw2JRY8
Any ideas?
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