Howdy,
I have a 1986 DT200 that I've been tinkering with for about the last 2 months or so. The boat and motor sat neglected for many years before I picked it up and starting trying to bring it back to life. I did all the usual stuff I could think of (and I'm a total novice, so I'm not sure that's saying much)
1. Drained the gas tank and put new fuel in
2. Replaced the water separator
3. Pulled the carbs and cleaned them very thoroughly (twice) and was aggressive with the compressed air when cleaning them out.
4. New plugs
5. Fresh oil
6. Lower unit oil change
Engine ran really strong the last time I was out. Cranked right up, idled nicel,y pushed the boat around 42 MPH at 4100 RPM. Then somewhere along the line, I lost my fuel fill cap, and of course we had torrential rain for a day so I'm sure I got water in the tank. The next trip was a no go for that reason. So I siphoned off the gas, cleaned it all up, flushed out the carbs and cranked it up.
Here is a video of the motor running. How does it sound to you? At about 1:30ish in the video I climb into the boat and look into the carb throat. You can see gas is pulsating through the top set of carbs, through what i assume is the high speed jet? Anyway, it's only pulsating through the top set of carbs, and you can see it pool on the flat part of the carb throat and eventually even runs down a little on the front plate.
Is that normal? Doesn't seem normal to me .. but what the heck do I know?
Thanks!
Chris
I have a 1986 DT200 that I've been tinkering with for about the last 2 months or so. The boat and motor sat neglected for many years before I picked it up and starting trying to bring it back to life. I did all the usual stuff I could think of (and I'm a total novice, so I'm not sure that's saying much)
1. Drained the gas tank and put new fuel in
2. Replaced the water separator
3. Pulled the carbs and cleaned them very thoroughly (twice) and was aggressive with the compressed air when cleaning them out.
4. New plugs
5. Fresh oil
6. Lower unit oil change
Engine ran really strong the last time I was out. Cranked right up, idled nicel,y pushed the boat around 42 MPH at 4100 RPM. Then somewhere along the line, I lost my fuel fill cap, and of course we had torrential rain for a day so I'm sure I got water in the tank. The next trip was a no go for that reason. So I siphoned off the gas, cleaned it all up, flushed out the carbs and cranked it up.
Here is a video of the motor running. How does it sound to you? At about 1:30ish in the video I climb into the boat and look into the carb throat. You can see gas is pulsating through the top set of carbs, through what i assume is the high speed jet? Anyway, it's only pulsating through the top set of carbs, and you can see it pool on the flat part of the carb throat and eventually even runs down a little on the front plate.
Is that normal? Doesn't seem normal to me .. but what the heck do I know?
Thanks!
Chris