gastite101
Member
I have had my boat in dry storage for the winter since Oct1st 2009. I kept the fuel tanks at ¾ full and added some dry gas before winter. I also added antifreeze to all the raw water side so it does not freeze.
04/08/2009 I had the boat but into the water for a weekend cruise. The boat started great and ran great. We went about 63 miles total. On our way home we were doing 2900 rpm’s and about 15-16 knots for about 2 hours none stop, the boat ran great until
We got in-front of the entrance were I had to throttle back. Soon as I did that the port engine started to run very very rough. There was smell of gas but not in the engine room or cabin, it smelled like it was coming from the exhaust like the engine was not firing correctly and not burning the gas. When it first happen I did not see any black or white smoke coming from the exhaust and we had to run it for 1/2 hour down the river to the docks and still have no smoke, we did not hear and bangs or anything like that. The engine ran but I could not get it over 1100 rpm's and when I had to slow down to get into the dock it went to 400-500 rpm's but did not stall. I am at ¼ tank of fuel when we arived now so I am going to assume I might have water in the gas line and some in the tank.
Can I get your input Captains?
I plan to replace distributor cap, rotor, points, spark plugs, plug wires and change the main fuel filter and the fuel filter in the carb to see if that helps along with some dry gas and a good fill up of fuel. Before we went I did top off the feul tanks with fresh gas, about 1/4 tank worth.
Thank you
04/08/2009 I had the boat but into the water for a weekend cruise. The boat started great and ran great. We went about 63 miles total. On our way home we were doing 2900 rpm’s and about 15-16 knots for about 2 hours none stop, the boat ran great until
We got in-front of the entrance were I had to throttle back. Soon as I did that the port engine started to run very very rough. There was smell of gas but not in the engine room or cabin, it smelled like it was coming from the exhaust like the engine was not firing correctly and not burning the gas. When it first happen I did not see any black or white smoke coming from the exhaust and we had to run it for 1/2 hour down the river to the docks and still have no smoke, we did not hear and bangs or anything like that. The engine ran but I could not get it over 1100 rpm's and when I had to slow down to get into the dock it went to 400-500 rpm's but did not stall. I am at ¼ tank of fuel when we arived now so I am going to assume I might have water in the gas line and some in the tank.
Can I get your input Captains?
I plan to replace distributor cap, rotor, points, spark plugs, plug wires and change the main fuel filter and the fuel filter in the carb to see if that helps along with some dry gas and a good fill up of fuel. Before we went I did top off the feul tanks with fresh gas, about 1/4 tank worth.
Thank you