Purchased a new to me Everglades 223 with a 2004 BF200. Engine was checked out by a Honda tech and everything was good (compression, etc.) the seller also sprung for the 100 hour service (the engine only has 110 hours).
The boat sat for about 8 months without being used and with a virtually empty fuel tank. Not being real bright, I filled the tank without thinking about it and ran the boat.
After running it the first day I noticed a slight miss at idle. I ran it the second day and the miss got worse and on the way in I lost about 850 rpm. My assumption is crap in the VST and tank clogged up the high pressure filter and one of the injectors. The motor now has a very pronounced miss at idle that is regular (i.e., one of the cylinders is not firing).
My plan is to first figure out what cylinder is not firing by pulling the spark plug wires. Once I figure that out, I was going to check the plugs, replace all filters, clean the VST, and replace the injector on the cylinder that is not firing.
I also realized to late that the boat had a standard 25 micron quicksilver fuel filter which I am replacing with a 10 micron Racor filter.
Any thoughts as to anything else I should check/clean? I have the shop manual and am mechanically inclined enough to know when taking something apart is above my head.
Also, what would be the best way to flush the entire fuel system on the engine to make sure there is no more crap left behind.
Thanks.
The boat sat for about 8 months without being used and with a virtually empty fuel tank. Not being real bright, I filled the tank without thinking about it and ran the boat.
After running it the first day I noticed a slight miss at idle. I ran it the second day and the miss got worse and on the way in I lost about 850 rpm. My assumption is crap in the VST and tank clogged up the high pressure filter and one of the injectors. The motor now has a very pronounced miss at idle that is regular (i.e., one of the cylinders is not firing).
My plan is to first figure out what cylinder is not firing by pulling the spark plug wires. Once I figure that out, I was going to check the plugs, replace all filters, clean the VST, and replace the injector on the cylinder that is not firing.
I also realized to late that the boat had a standard 25 micron quicksilver fuel filter which I am replacing with a 10 micron Racor filter.
Any thoughts as to anything else I should check/clean? I have the shop manual and am mechanically inclined enough to know when taking something apart is above my head.
Also, what would be the best way to flush the entire fuel system on the engine to make sure there is no more crap left behind.
Thanks.