murray2104
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"Hi all new to the board so be
"Hi all new to the board so be gentle.
I wanted to pass on a little problem that several of us with 4 strokes are having up here in our neck of the woods.
We are having our motors die after heating up the fuel bulb is overly soft when this happens. I have, as well as others, have been in touch with our local marina who have in turn been in touch with suzuki after being unable to diagnose the problem.
The problem appears to be related to the fuel system and is more pronounced on warm days. It seems that the heat generated from the motor is causing the fuel to be pushed back to the tank. causing it to die. You can pump the bulb extensively and force the fuel back up to the motor and get it running again but it idles very rough and usually dies again. After multiple attempts it usually will stay running.
The local marina has extensively gone thru several motors trying to diagnose this issue and resolve it. Suzuki is involved also trying to remedy the situation. This problem does not appear to be HP specific, my motor is a df140 a good friend of mine is having more extensive problems with his 250ss I have heard of a 90 doing it also.
Merc, and Yammy techs know of this problem as well but as of yet a solution has not been identified. If anyone else is having this issue I would recommend contacting thier dealership and getting in touch with Suzuki.
The problem usually happens after running the motor and then shutting down for 15+ minutes on warm days. I have not noticed this problem during cooler morning runs nor has others that I have talked to.
If there are others with similar problems that may be related I would be interested in hearing about them. My intent with posting this is not product bashing as I believe Suzuki is a great platform but there is definately an issue (as admitted by Suzuki Support Techs)"
"Hi all new to the board so be gentle.
I wanted to pass on a little problem that several of us with 4 strokes are having up here in our neck of the woods.
We are having our motors die after heating up the fuel bulb is overly soft when this happens. I have, as well as others, have been in touch with our local marina who have in turn been in touch with suzuki after being unable to diagnose the problem.
The problem appears to be related to the fuel system and is more pronounced on warm days. It seems that the heat generated from the motor is causing the fuel to be pushed back to the tank. causing it to die. You can pump the bulb extensively and force the fuel back up to the motor and get it running again but it idles very rough and usually dies again. After multiple attempts it usually will stay running.
The local marina has extensively gone thru several motors trying to diagnose this issue and resolve it. Suzuki is involved also trying to remedy the situation. This problem does not appear to be HP specific, my motor is a df140 a good friend of mine is having more extensive problems with his 250ss I have heard of a 90 doing it also.
Merc, and Yammy techs know of this problem as well but as of yet a solution has not been identified. If anyone else is having this issue I would recommend contacting thier dealership and getting in touch with Suzuki.
The problem usually happens after running the motor and then shutting down for 15+ minutes on warm days. I have not noticed this problem during cooler morning runs nor has others that I have talked to.
If there are others with similar problems that may be related I would be interested in hearing about them. My intent with posting this is not product bashing as I believe Suzuki is a great platform but there is definately an issue (as admitted by Suzuki Support Techs)"