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"I just bought this guy off eB
"I just bought this guy off eBay and am filling like I got screwed. He stated that the engine was running fine but then out of the blue dropped power. He got it back to shore, took it home, and called the marina and they 'told' him it probably just needed new plugs.
When I looked at the boat he started it on the muffs for me. It ran good and would rap out to 6K on the high idle control. Once I got it home I changed the plugs and dropped it in the water. It would idle fine but would not push more then 2800rpms.
He did have the oil injection disconnected and was mixing 50:1 thru the tank. He did not have any by pass wiring done to the OI, just had it unplugged and emptied.
So far I have: replaced the plugs, rebuilt the carbs, drained out all of the old gas (it had a ton of water in it) and pulled the fuel pumps (there are two) and looked them over. I found a little rust but no holes.
I am putting it back together tomorrow and, not finding anything that looked real bad, am anticipating no improvement.
Where should I go from here?"
"I just bought this guy off eBay and am filling like I got screwed. He stated that the engine was running fine but then out of the blue dropped power. He got it back to shore, took it home, and called the marina and they 'told' him it probably just needed new plugs.
When I looked at the boat he started it on the muffs for me. It ran good and would rap out to 6K on the high idle control. Once I got it home I changed the plugs and dropped it in the water. It would idle fine but would not push more then 2800rpms.
He did have the oil injection disconnected and was mixing 50:1 thru the tank. He did not have any by pass wiring done to the OI, just had it unplugged and emptied.
So far I have: replaced the plugs, rebuilt the carbs, drained out all of the old gas (it had a ton of water in it) and pulled the fuel pumps (there are two) and looked them over. I found a little rust but no holes.
I am putting it back together tomorrow and, not finding anything that looked real bad, am anticipating no improvement.
Where should I go from here?"