"i just recently purchased thi
"i just recently purchased this boat that had been sitting in a driveway for the last 4 years.
the previous owner had given it a tune up prior to pulling it out of the water. he also tuned up the carburator prior to taking it out for a trial run on the water.
the boat started fine, we ran it on idle thru a no wake zone, and then took it up to full throttle and ran for a short while, then brought it back to the marina. all seemed fine.
i then took the boat out for a shakedown run a few days later. everything ran wonderfully until i was idling back into the slip. it would not idle...i could start the engine and run it at around 1200 rpms, any lower than that and it would sputter and die.
i managed to get it back into the slip without too much of a hassle, but this is the situation as it stands now.
the engine will start with the choke on.
i can run it thru a warm up procedure.
as soon as i drop the engine back to idle, it will try to hold 650/700 rpms, and after roughly 10-20 seconds it will drop to about 500 and then die altogether.
i have replaced the water fuel seperator, and after that, she ran fine for a short trip but then it was back to the same situation.
i am curious if anyone could point me in the right direction with this problem.
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance.
ray"
"i just recently purchased this boat that had been sitting in a driveway for the last 4 years.
the previous owner had given it a tune up prior to pulling it out of the water. he also tuned up the carburator prior to taking it out for a trial run on the water.
the boat started fine, we ran it on idle thru a no wake zone, and then took it up to full throttle and ran for a short while, then brought it back to the marina. all seemed fine.
i then took the boat out for a shakedown run a few days later. everything ran wonderfully until i was idling back into the slip. it would not idle...i could start the engine and run it at around 1200 rpms, any lower than that and it would sputter and die.
i managed to get it back into the slip without too much of a hassle, but this is the situation as it stands now.
the engine will start with the choke on.
i can run it thru a warm up procedure.
as soon as i drop the engine back to idle, it will try to hold 650/700 rpms, and after roughly 10-20 seconds it will drop to about 500 and then die altogether.
i have replaced the water fuel seperator, and after that, she ran fine for a short trip but then it was back to the same situation.
i am curious if anyone could point me in the right direction with this problem.
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance.
ray"