ProlineDave
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I've had an ongoing problem with my port engine where the it will not stall completely but RPM surges up and down erratically. It will generally continue to idle but will not accelerate. If you turn it off and let it sit for a 5 or 10 minutes it will start and run again.
It seemed like a fuel flow issue, and replaced my primer ball, fuel lines, Racor fittings and all filters. I also pulled and inspected the fuel pick-ups: The ss screens are in place and clean. Then I used a vacuum pump (brake bleeder) to pull down each line from pick-up to engine and both will pump to -15" and hold at -5" so fuel lines are tight.
I thought fuel line solved the issue and ran over 80 miles (about 50 ours) fishing last week without a problem. Then then it happened again 25 miles off shore. We let it sit 5-10 minutes then slowly ran up to minimum planing speed at about 3800 RPM (usually run about 4200 cruising) and made in by sunset. Took it out the next day and ran for a couple hours in-shore with no problems.
These are 2004 BF150s with about 350 Hours, and I've never had an issue in 7 years. I would take it in for service but there is no one on the island with a Honda code reader, all say they hate Hondas and sound like "parts changers". May need to find someone to come get it with a trailer.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks !
It seemed like a fuel flow issue, and replaced my primer ball, fuel lines, Racor fittings and all filters. I also pulled and inspected the fuel pick-ups: The ss screens are in place and clean. Then I used a vacuum pump (brake bleeder) to pull down each line from pick-up to engine and both will pump to -15" and hold at -5" so fuel lines are tight.
I thought fuel line solved the issue and ran over 80 miles (about 50 ours) fishing last week without a problem. Then then it happened again 25 miles off shore. We let it sit 5-10 minutes then slowly ran up to minimum planing speed at about 3800 RPM (usually run about 4200 cruising) and made in by sunset. Took it out the next day and ran for a couple hours in-shore with no problems.
These are 2004 BF150s with about 350 Hours, and I've never had an issue in 7 years. I would take it in for service but there is no one on the island with a Honda code reader, all say they hate Hondas and sound like "parts changers". May need to find someone to come get it with a trailer.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks !