delphimark
Cadet
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2008
- Messages
- 12
There is a lot of history here, but I will try to be as brief as possible. Since the middle of last summer, my engine would start, idle, and run perfectly up to about 4800 RPM. At that point, it would act as though it was starving for fuel. It wouldn't die, it would simply bog down, and not gain any more speed or RPM. (In the past, the boat would run about 62 mph, but was only getting about 50 mph out of it). So, in February, I took it to a local shop to have it diagnosed and repaired. I assumed it was a bad VRO, because I had been reading these forums for a while, and it is 17 years old. They diagnosed it as a bad VRO, ordered one, and replaced it. It didn't fix the problem. They then tell me I have a power pack issue. They put a new one on it, call me, and tell me it's fixed! I pick it up, and take it to the lake, and I have the exact same issue. I take it back to the shop, and they proceed to keep the thing for 3 months! The problem when I pick it up is, it now won't run AT ALL! It's very difficult to start, it won't idle. That was two weeks ago. So, I take it to a different shop. This mechanic sees several things the previous shop "broke" while working on my engine. He fixes those, gets it to start, and it seems to be like it was before I ever took it in originally. But, here's the issue now...after about a minute of idling, it runs out of fuel! The bubble is soft and the engine is starved for gas, and dies. I have new carbs, new VRO, new gas lines, new bubble, new coils, new power pack. The mechanic can't seem to track down why it's running out of fuel. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.