DennisCamps
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Hello,
My name is Dennis and iam living in the Netherlands.
Iam pretty new to boating but i have good technical understanding.
So iam running this new to me speedboat 4.5 meter with a mercury 50 hp from 1987.
I have to say it runs pretty good.
First it died at idle and it was very hard to get in to the harbour with engine quitting all the time.
What did i do,
I cleaned out the carbs and put new gaskets on.
I replaced all the internal parts of the fuel pump.
i replaced all gas lines. ( one note on this the gas filter on the engine is not installed in the correct way. fuel comes from ----> and filter says ----< but at this moment i dont think there is a problem with it.)
Now when i go at WOT the engine will bog down ( this happens after about 30 seconds of going WOT)
Then i go to near neutral and then i can go WOT again for about a minute. This is repeated all the time.
So what did i do, i took the engine cover off ( No noticeble problems anymore ) Put the cover on and moved the fuel line.
Now it still happens. but it takes longer to bog down on me like 1 minute.
What can this problem be. Can it be the fuel filter mounted incorrectly?
Can it harm to just remove it. i mean i have a filter between tank and motor aswell.
Regards,
Dennis
My name is Dennis and iam living in the Netherlands.
Iam pretty new to boating but i have good technical understanding.
So iam running this new to me speedboat 4.5 meter with a mercury 50 hp from 1987.
I have to say it runs pretty good.
First it died at idle and it was very hard to get in to the harbour with engine quitting all the time.
What did i do,
I cleaned out the carbs and put new gaskets on.
I replaced all the internal parts of the fuel pump.
i replaced all gas lines. ( one note on this the gas filter on the engine is not installed in the correct way. fuel comes from ----> and filter says ----< but at this moment i dont think there is a problem with it.)
Now when i go at WOT the engine will bog down ( this happens after about 30 seconds of going WOT)
Then i go to near neutral and then i can go WOT again for about a minute. This is repeated all the time.
So what did i do, i took the engine cover off ( No noticeble problems anymore ) Put the cover on and moved the fuel line.
Now it still happens. but it takes longer to bog down on me like 1 minute.
What can this problem be. Can it be the fuel filter mounted incorrectly?
Can it harm to just remove it. i mean i have a filter between tank and motor aswell.
Regards,
Dennis