quick update
met the mechanic at the lake today and thankfully it failed while he was on the boat. Last time he took it out he could not reproduce the problem.
no definitive diagnosis though. he checked the timing and adjusted slightly and adjusted the ides screws on the carbs. After that we could not get it to fail again, but I am not sure if that is coincidence or because of what he did. The problem is very intermittent.
He did seemed very concerned at how far the motor sat down in the water. Seems the exhaust ports are almost all the way under the water. Thought maybe it was causing the issue like when a cars exhaust was under water. I will say there is alot more weight in the back since I added a 2nd battery for trolling motor and bought a large cranking battery. And it does seem to occur more often when there are 2 people in the boat rather than me alone.
Could there be something to that?
He thought we should raise the motor 1 hole if the adjustments he made today don't change anything the next time i go out.
met the mechanic at the lake today and thankfully it failed while he was on the boat. Last time he took it out he could not reproduce the problem.
no definitive diagnosis though. he checked the timing and adjusted slightly and adjusted the ides screws on the carbs. After that we could not get it to fail again, but I am not sure if that is coincidence or because of what he did. The problem is very intermittent.
He did seemed very concerned at how far the motor sat down in the water. Seems the exhaust ports are almost all the way under the water. Thought maybe it was causing the issue like when a cars exhaust was under water. I will say there is alot more weight in the back since I added a 2nd battery for trolling motor and bought a large cranking battery. And it does seem to occur more often when there are 2 people in the boat rather than me alone.
Could there be something to that?
He thought we should raise the motor 1 hole if the adjustments he made today don't change anything the next time i go out.