I'm having a problem with my honda 4stroke. it started out last summer, only on hot days my engine would run and then start to stall. If I throttled back a bit it would eventually clear itself out and then I'd never have the problem for the rest of the day. This would only happen on hot days.
I just finished changing the fuel feed line from the aluminum gas tank (boston whaler outrage 19) to the gas/water separator. Yesterday I took the boat out and it started having the same problem right from the get go, this was on a cold day as well. It cleared up and then I went on my trip, but when I was about 25 miles it started up again and actually stalled out the engine several times. I noticed that the bulb was "squishy" and felt like there was air in there. If I pumped the bulb hard nothing happened. But if I did several short small pumps the air cleared out and the boat ran fine. I attributed that to having air in the lines after I did the fuel feed line switch. However a few miles later it happened again and I notice this problem happens more after the boat has sit and then is started up again. If I do several short small pumps before starting I do not have this problem.
I am going to guess it is a problem with having some sort of leak in the fuel line where air is getting into the line either at a connection or maybe the gas/water separator BEFORE the fuel primer bulb. But I was wondering if this problem could also be happening on a bad fuel pump? Could this be a fuel pump problem, or is the fuel pump usually all or nothing when it is going bad?
Thanks!
I just finished changing the fuel feed line from the aluminum gas tank (boston whaler outrage 19) to the gas/water separator. Yesterday I took the boat out and it started having the same problem right from the get go, this was on a cold day as well. It cleared up and then I went on my trip, but when I was about 25 miles it started up again and actually stalled out the engine several times. I noticed that the bulb was "squishy" and felt like there was air in there. If I pumped the bulb hard nothing happened. But if I did several short small pumps the air cleared out and the boat ran fine. I attributed that to having air in the lines after I did the fuel feed line switch. However a few miles later it happened again and I notice this problem happens more after the boat has sit and then is started up again. If I do several short small pumps before starting I do not have this problem.
I am going to guess it is a problem with having some sort of leak in the fuel line where air is getting into the line either at a connection or maybe the gas/water separator BEFORE the fuel primer bulb. But I was wondering if this problem could also be happening on a bad fuel pump? Could this be a fuel pump problem, or is the fuel pump usually all or nothing when it is going bad?
Thanks!