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Ken Kapp
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" Hi Tony and All Watermen,
" Hi Tony and All Watermen,
The big day is near as we plan to start up the rebuilt powerhead this weekend. The carbs were really gunked up when I put in the rebuild kits yesterday. The #2 (2 barrel starboard) carb had a plugged up jet and the gunk was so bad we spooned it out with a screwdriver before we put it in the cleaner. We think that was the cause of the engine failure. We noticed the engine running rough the day before it broke. We have blown out the oil lines and tested the check valves. The engine turns over, but seems tight. I sprayed some Yamalube into the intake manifold with a spray gun.(+- 1/2 tsp./cyl. This was before turning it over. We have the boat tank full of gas. It hold 50 gallons and we can't do a proper job of mixing in oil, but we want to use 50/1 premixed gas with the oil injectors for the first few hours. Can we buy a 6 gallon tank and run the engine off of it with the premix. If we run at a slow speed would that be OK. We can troll from the dock as long as it takes, but that isn't the way to break in the engine. The timing and syncro seem good. What else needs to be done? Thanks for your help.
Ken and the Sebastian River Gang "
" Hi Tony and All Watermen,
The big day is near as we plan to start up the rebuilt powerhead this weekend. The carbs were really gunked up when I put in the rebuild kits yesterday. The #2 (2 barrel starboard) carb had a plugged up jet and the gunk was so bad we spooned it out with a screwdriver before we put it in the cleaner. We think that was the cause of the engine failure. We noticed the engine running rough the day before it broke. We have blown out the oil lines and tested the check valves. The engine turns over, but seems tight. I sprayed some Yamalube into the intake manifold with a spray gun.(+- 1/2 tsp./cyl. This was before turning it over. We have the boat tank full of gas. It hold 50 gallons and we can't do a proper job of mixing in oil, but we want to use 50/1 premixed gas with the oil injectors for the first few hours. Can we buy a 6 gallon tank and run the engine off of it with the premix. If we run at a slow speed would that be OK. We can troll from the dock as long as it takes, but that isn't the way to break in the engine. The timing and syncro seem good. What else needs to be done? Thanks for your help.
Ken and the Sebastian River Gang "