"It dies under load.
And I
"It dies under load.
And I think I checked everything: compression, carbs, spark, cleaned rotor.
Now when I calmed down (and I was frustrated) I think I noticed something or should I say, I'm suspecting that this was an "innocent" cause of the matter.
See, the thing is, when I bought this motor and I didn't have much knowledge of marine 2-cycle motor, I had the boat and the motor on the lake the very first day I bought it. The thing ran, very slowly but ran! It couldn't get out of wake because it ran only on 1 out of 3 cylinders. That's my point - it ran on one cylinder! It had enough power to rotate the freaking prop with 1 cyl!!! Now, as I cleaned everything I could in the motor and installed the filter (this is major suspect), I had 2 successful run-arounds on the lake cruising at 35 MPH! Until the 3rd fishing trip, when the motor would sometimes die before it picks up some power. And then finally would not even attempt to gain any speed and die right as I shift out of neutral!
Again, I cleaned, checked, replaced everything I could in the motor and I was ready to smash the darn thing and leave it on the curb.
Now, in the winter approaching spring here, I decided to flush the fuel out of the gas tank. I accidentally touched the fuel filter (mentioned above) with my fingers and I felt some gas. Hmmm, I thought...
It wasn't tight! Then it got into my head that is it possible that when the motor requires more power, and specifically for my motor (60HP), it does need a lot more fuel than in idle?! So, when trying to get that fuel amounts it could have possibly been sucking in the air instead of the fuel out of the gas tank that is located remotely!
So, to sum it up, I am sick and tired driving to the marina in a hope that it will work after I change something in the motor. That's why I asked about loading the motor when out of the water. Oh yes, it murmurs in neutral. The only time it dies is when needs some power.
Sorry for the lengthy one.
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