Honda 30 hp

[kellaig]

hi.<br /><br />i was wondering whether other people have the same problems as I do.<br /><br />I have a new 30 HP honda that coughs / misses occasionly/irregularly at idle.<br /><br />sometimes it may even stall whilst dragging lures. Its a real pain in the arse.<br /><br />It has been back to two separate honda dealers that can't fault it(crap). The dealers have synchronised the carbi's and the idle in gear is 900 rpm.<br /><br />Is this a common problem with the 30's as the appear to be an overtuned 25 HP, and if so what can I do about the cough and stalling<br /><br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Kellaig

 

[Bear]

Re: Honda 30 hp

To the top.<br /><br />I have read about similar problems but never exerienced them myself.<br />Do a search for Honda 45 and you get this and a few more. http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=17&t=003231 <br />No solutions thoug.<br /><br />/Bear

 

[hondon]

Re: Honda 30 hp

I can probably help you ,so let,s get a dialouge going.How new is new?Are you running a water separating fuel filter?Was that idle speed verified by a shop tach or was the dash tach used?How are you propped?Let's talk here and hope we can get things going in the right direction for you.

 

[kellaig]

Re: Honda 30 hp

Hi hondon,<br /><br />The rpm was set on the water using a small tachometer and was set at 900 rpm. In regards to the filter I don't know the answer as the machine is only 10 months old and whatever fuel filter it comes with.<br /><br />The prop is the 9 1/4 x 13 inches.<br /><br />I took the boat out yesterday and it ran well for 90 % of the time. it stalled 3 times and in between to stalls it missed constantly for about 20 times at about 2 second intervals. <br /><br />after the third stall it never played up again.<br /><br />I think it must be electrical but I am not a mechanic.<br /><br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Kellaig

 

[hondon]

Re: Honda 30 hp

I'm not there with you so I can't say you don't have an ignition failure, but I can say that these systems rarely fail.Your problems are consistant with a malfunctioning carb.In other words I would suspect that you have a piece of crap floating around in one of those float bowls and frommtime to time it finds its way to the main jet.If you don't know if you have a water separator, it's likley you don't .I'dd really reccomend getting one.Water contaminated fuel could be the source of your current trouble.

 

[DJ]

Re: Honda 30 hp

I think hondon is on to something. The Honda eight that I use is very sensitive to water in the fuel. Learned my lesson the hard way. Had to rebuild the carb. after some water sat in it. It had similar symptoms.

 

[kellaig]

Re: Honda 30 hp

Thanks for the replies. The motor is at a Honda dealer and they are checking the electrical system. <br /><br />They had a look at the carbi's last time and cleaned them, so they think it must be an intermittent electrical fault. How they will find it is anyones' guess.<br /><br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Kelaig

 

[SeaDawg]

Re: Honda 30 hp

I had a similar problem with my 1995 Honda 25 HP. Turned out that Honda had jetted some of the 1995 25 HP motors too lean. I was one of the unlucky.<br /><br />The dealer replaced the jets to Honda's specs (under warrenty) and it ran like a champ (no stalling off of idle), and ran much better in cold weather too.