I have been reading about heatsoak on Faststrike motors for a year now. Has anyone foud a cure or is every motor different? Mine is a 1998 175. Same story as I have read. It works fine first shot out of the ramp. I fish a place for an hour. I idle out to clear water and hammer down to get on plane. The motor acts like it runs out of gas. I rev it up out of gear for a few seconds and it takes off fine. They tell me the fuel burns off because of the heat. I have heard to check the throttle linkage, turn the adjustment needle on the carbs one full turn counter clockwise, add more vents to cowling, advance timing 2 degrees, shorten fuel line as much as posible. I have just lived with it and reved my engine out of gear before taking off. But, I feel like I need to do something. I feel like I am neglecting it by not addressing it.
Anyone have a list of things to do first? I know I could take it to my mechanic. I had a 96 150 Fastrike that I was able to do most everything on and I would like to fix this as well.
Thanks for your time
Anyone have a list of things to do first? I know I could take it to my mechanic. I had a 96 150 Fastrike that I was able to do most everything on and I would like to fix this as well.
Thanks for your time