SmoketownMarty
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New to the boat world.:rolleyes:
Got a 76' Regal 19ft with a 78' 85 Javalin outbaord engine....auction bought, so I know nothing of the past on it.
I cant get it to start. If I prop open the throttle plate it seems to want to fire off with a spray of 50/50 blend of fresh gas and outboard Seafoam additive in a spray bottle. My process is to give it a coupe sprays down the carb and then step up to the key and turn it over and it'll burb a bit.
There is s electric prime pump which works fine , I drained some gas out with it. The gas mix smells fine but is very dark blue mix. The quick disconnect fuel line on the engine spritz fuel out when disconnected on the up stream side the engine side weeps a bit too but looks very different more gooy / sticky. Both sides stop weeping shortly after being disconnected, pretty sure that the diaphragm fuel pump on the side engine is not working or air locked. so a rebuild of the FP is in order. or is the a bleed valve on the FP
The top 2 cylinders on the have 90psi compression ( after a spray of light oil in the plug hole & recheck compression, brings them up to ~100psi...call it dry vs wet)
Looking at the rear of the boat....the lower left is at 80-85psi and no change after rechecking wet. The lower right was also just below 90psi dry and just a little less then 100psi wet.
The compression test is a lower than I would like.....with no real change on the lower left lung...is it time to just change engines? or can it be saved?? or not worth the effort
Is there reed valves in the engine? Can they be changed or are they not worth the effort??
looking for feedback....thanks
Got a 76' Regal 19ft with a 78' 85 Javalin outbaord engine....auction bought, so I know nothing of the past on it.
I cant get it to start. If I prop open the throttle plate it seems to want to fire off with a spray of 50/50 blend of fresh gas and outboard Seafoam additive in a spray bottle. My process is to give it a coupe sprays down the carb and then step up to the key and turn it over and it'll burb a bit.
There is s electric prime pump which works fine , I drained some gas out with it. The gas mix smells fine but is very dark blue mix. The quick disconnect fuel line on the engine spritz fuel out when disconnected on the up stream side the engine side weeps a bit too but looks very different more gooy / sticky. Both sides stop weeping shortly after being disconnected, pretty sure that the diaphragm fuel pump on the side engine is not working or air locked. so a rebuild of the FP is in order. or is the a bleed valve on the FP
The top 2 cylinders on the have 90psi compression ( after a spray of light oil in the plug hole & recheck compression, brings them up to ~100psi...call it dry vs wet)
Looking at the rear of the boat....the lower left is at 80-85psi and no change after rechecking wet. The lower right was also just below 90psi dry and just a little less then 100psi wet.
The compression test is a lower than I would like.....with no real change on the lower left lung...is it time to just change engines? or can it be saved?? or not worth the effort
Is there reed valves in the engine? Can they be changed or are they not worth the effort??
looking for feedback....thanks
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