Toxophilite
Contributing Member
I have an 84 johnson 4 hp seahorse
I did some work on it and had a thread going here
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-fo...orse-general-informations-needed&goto=newpost
I recently made a new hjose ofr it using the old ends and bulb. I bought some SAE30 R7 fuel line and assembled it.
Then I took my little sailboat out and didn't my motor run lousy
bogging down , then speeding up , then slowing right down, speeding up, quitting etc etc.
It had been running perfectly when I had taken it out 2 weeks earlier. I run the carb out and run it in fresh water after boating.
Anywho I was looking at it today, thinking I would examine the NEW factor 'the hose' and disconnecting it from the tank and depressing the ball valve I squirted a bunch of dark orange gas into a jar..Weird!
So I checked the gas in the tank. pouring it into a jar (many times) and then into another gas tank and it all looked happy clear and light blue. There is a bit of a sulfure smell, but the gass really isn;t that old.THere was a wee bit of older gas in the tank(maybe half a litre) then a few litres were added a few weeks back and then a further 5 litres were added the time it wasn't running well. Of course the appropriate amount of 2 stroke oil was added each time.
Any ideas? IS it water? Is it the fuel line
It's still running funky
I did some work on it and had a thread going here
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-fo...orse-general-informations-needed&goto=newpost
I recently made a new hjose ofr it using the old ends and bulb. I bought some SAE30 R7 fuel line and assembled it.
Then I took my little sailboat out and didn't my motor run lousy
bogging down , then speeding up , then slowing right down, speeding up, quitting etc etc.
It had been running perfectly when I had taken it out 2 weeks earlier. I run the carb out and run it in fresh water after boating.
Anywho I was looking at it today, thinking I would examine the NEW factor 'the hose' and disconnecting it from the tank and depressing the ball valve I squirted a bunch of dark orange gas into a jar..Weird!
So I checked the gas in the tank. pouring it into a jar (many times) and then into another gas tank and it all looked happy clear and light blue. There is a bit of a sulfure smell, but the gass really isn;t that old.THere was a wee bit of older gas in the tank(maybe half a litre) then a few litres were added a few weeks back and then a further 5 litres were added the time it wasn't running well. Of course the appropriate amount of 2 stroke oil was added each time.
Any ideas? IS it water? Is it the fuel line
It's still running funky