Back ground, Motor was just been rebuilt by me and all things were going well.
Details from previous post. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=537626
OK Folks, I have got this thing back together and it fired up and run well on the ears in the drive way.
I am running a pre mix of 50:1 for break in, which turned out to be an engine saver.
I dropped it in the river and took it out and the thing coughed out the carbs and stalled. Put this down to not being run for a while, primed the line up again and hit the elec primer during start and away it went. Idle out through the 4 knott limit was about to open it up and the oil horn came on (Thank f#ck for premix). Hit the primer on the oil line and the horn went off. This happened a few times and I'm putting this down to the system needing to beprimed.
Now for the bigger issue, a number of times the motor would miss and cough through the carbs and stall. Each time I reprimed with the bulb and it would fire back up. Note the bulb had no pressure in it. I have deduced so far that it's a fuel issue (Call me a rocket scientist) but I'm not sure where to start on this, I have no visible leaks in any of the lines. I did notice after wards that I have a crack in the red lever for the fuel primer and when activated fuel came out. I am ordering a replacement for this but I'm not sure that this is the main issue.
I'm looking for a few items to investigate before splashing out on a new fuel pump.
Cheers
Details from previous post. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=537626
OK Folks, I have got this thing back together and it fired up and run well on the ears in the drive way.
I am running a pre mix of 50:1 for break in, which turned out to be an engine saver.
I dropped it in the river and took it out and the thing coughed out the carbs and stalled. Put this down to not being run for a while, primed the line up again and hit the elec primer during start and away it went. Idle out through the 4 knott limit was about to open it up and the oil horn came on (Thank f#ck for premix). Hit the primer on the oil line and the horn went off. This happened a few times and I'm putting this down to the system needing to beprimed.
Now for the bigger issue, a number of times the motor would miss and cough through the carbs and stall. Each time I reprimed with the bulb and it would fire back up. Note the bulb had no pressure in it. I have deduced so far that it's a fuel issue (Call me a rocket scientist) but I'm not sure where to start on this, I have no visible leaks in any of the lines. I did notice after wards that I have a crack in the red lever for the fuel primer and when activated fuel came out. I am ordering a replacement for this but I'm not sure that this is the main issue.
I'm looking for a few items to investigate before splashing out on a new fuel pump.
Cheers
