Hello,
I have an 81 Silverton 31c with 318's. It just went back in the water, and on the first real cruise, the starboard motor is having trouble keeping up with the port motor. It runs quite rough and requires more throttle. I will say that last year I had some fuel issues, so over the winter I changed both fuel pumps. It starts and idles great. I will also say that on the way home from where we anchored, it ran fine, and kept even and smooth for about 3 or 4 minutes at cruise before starting to stumble and require more throttle. I've read a lot of threads on the subject, and I plan to replace the plugs and wires, check the timing and advance, look at the carb and choke, linkages and vacuum. I was even thinking of disconnecting the flexible fuel line just before the fuel pump inlet and letting it run from a gas can that has a good dose of sea-foam in it to maybe clean the carb a little. Am I missing anything else obvious to try?
Thanks, Dave
I have an 81 Silverton 31c with 318's. It just went back in the water, and on the first real cruise, the starboard motor is having trouble keeping up with the port motor. It runs quite rough and requires more throttle. I will say that last year I had some fuel issues, so over the winter I changed both fuel pumps. It starts and idles great. I will also say that on the way home from where we anchored, it ran fine, and kept even and smooth for about 3 or 4 minutes at cruise before starting to stumble and require more throttle. I've read a lot of threads on the subject, and I plan to replace the plugs and wires, check the timing and advance, look at the carb and choke, linkages and vacuum. I was even thinking of disconnecting the flexible fuel line just before the fuel pump inlet and letting it run from a gas can that has a good dose of sea-foam in it to maybe clean the carb a little. Am I missing anything else obvious to try?
Thanks, Dave