Me and some friends are trying to wrench on this motor and understand the mechanics behind it. Our first action was siphoning all the old fuel out as it sat for 2 years and replaced it with new fuel.
The first time we took our boat out we were cruising wide open for 10 minutes before the engine started "bogging", ( never fully died), seemed to only do it a high rpm. Happened for the next 30 min all the way to the dock.
We replaced the fuel line and primer bulb. Took it out after that and it ran like a champ for the next hour, no problem at all. On the way home we fired it up, threw the throttle down and it fully died, fell on its face after 5 min. Wouldn't turn over after than.
We were left stranded and called for a tow. While waiting for a tow we finally got it to fire up after about 40 min, and putted back to the marina.
People are telling me its the fuel pump, others say it may be a spark issue. That specific engine is a 2 cycle with a VRO fuel pump.
Any advice on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
The first time we took our boat out we were cruising wide open for 10 minutes before the engine started "bogging", ( never fully died), seemed to only do it a high rpm. Happened for the next 30 min all the way to the dock.
We replaced the fuel line and primer bulb. Took it out after that and it ran like a champ for the next hour, no problem at all. On the way home we fired it up, threw the throttle down and it fully died, fell on its face after 5 min. Wouldn't turn over after than.
We were left stranded and called for a tow. While waiting for a tow we finally got it to fire up after about 40 min, and putted back to the marina.
People are telling me its the fuel pump, others say it may be a spark issue. That specific engine is a 2 cycle with a VRO fuel pump.
Any advice on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt