"I had this same problem a mon
"I had this same problem a month ago and thought I fixed it by changing the fuel/water separator filter (and changing it often). The engine will start but quickly conks out, being starved for gas. I've changed the filter several times over the past few days, going on the assumption that junk is in the gas and clogging the filter and starving the carb of gas. I can see some particles floating around when I empty the filter but not an alarming amount. So here's what happened over the past two days:
- yesterday, I had it running okay. Went out and had to turn around after a half mile or so. Kept stalling out and had to limp my way back in. Wouldn't start when I got back to the pier.
- this morning, I disconnected the line to the carb and cranked the ignition. Two bursts of gas, then dribbles, then none.
- I then took apart the entire fuel/water separator kit.
- I then did a test: I put the end of the line that had connected to the fuel filter into a spare jug of gas (the other end of the line is connected to the fuel pump). The engine started no problem and ran fine. That told me that the problem has to be with the fuel/water filter
- I verified that the top of the filter housing is okay, all the holes are free and clear
- In the valve connected to the out end of the fuel filter, a piece of tape had come off and it looked like it was blocking the path. So I cleaned it and reconnected
- I sucked on the line coming from the gas tank and verifed that gas is flowing
- I reconnected everything and put on a new filter
- It started up and I ran her for about 30 minutes. Everything was okay.
- I took her out for a test spin and could tell right away that things still weren't right
- Within about 20 minutes, I had to turn around and she stalled out on me again, just like yesterday and I had to limp back in
- After getting secured in the slip, I cranked her up and she ran roughly. I accelerated to about 2K RPMs and started to quickly lose RPMs. Finally, she stalled and I had enough.
Sorry for all the typing but wanted to give the full details. I have to believe this is something simple.
Any thoughts?
Thanks much"
"I had this same problem a month ago and thought I fixed it by changing the fuel/water separator filter (and changing it often). The engine will start but quickly conks out, being starved for gas. I've changed the filter several times over the past few days, going on the assumption that junk is in the gas and clogging the filter and starving the carb of gas. I can see some particles floating around when I empty the filter but not an alarming amount. So here's what happened over the past two days:
- yesterday, I had it running okay. Went out and had to turn around after a half mile or so. Kept stalling out and had to limp my way back in. Wouldn't start when I got back to the pier.
- this morning, I disconnected the line to the carb and cranked the ignition. Two bursts of gas, then dribbles, then none.
- I then took apart the entire fuel/water separator kit.
- I then did a test: I put the end of the line that had connected to the fuel filter into a spare jug of gas (the other end of the line is connected to the fuel pump). The engine started no problem and ran fine. That told me that the problem has to be with the fuel/water filter
- I verified that the top of the filter housing is okay, all the holes are free and clear
- In the valve connected to the out end of the fuel filter, a piece of tape had come off and it looked like it was blocking the path. So I cleaned it and reconnected
- I sucked on the line coming from the gas tank and verifed that gas is flowing
- I reconnected everything and put on a new filter
- It started up and I ran her for about 30 minutes. Everything was okay.
- I took her out for a test spin and could tell right away that things still weren't right
- Within about 20 minutes, I had to turn around and she stalled out on me again, just like yesterday and I had to limp back in
- After getting secured in the slip, I cranked her up and she ran roughly. I accelerated to about 2K RPMs and started to quickly lose RPMs. Finally, she stalled and I had enough.
Sorry for all the typing but wanted to give the full details. I have to believe this is something simple.
Any thoughts?
Thanks much"