Party hut Chris
Seaman Apprentice
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- Mar 28, 2015
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I'm going to try to include lots of details here, so hopefully someone will know what's going on. Thanks first of all to Racerone, who has given me some great help.
1. 3 weeks ago, boat was running fine, stalled out, and would not catch and run. Towed back to shore by friends.
2. 1 week later--New battery, new plugs, engine runs fine for 5 minutes, (after I let it run and idle at dock the previous day for 20 minutes- ran like a champ). Stalls out after shuddering and losing power, comes to a halt.
3. Same day, boat will catch and fire, run for 3 minutes at a time letting me get back to dock.
4. I found a hose that was not attached to anything, discovered that it belonged to a broken nipple underneath the primer solenoid.
5. Replaced primer solenoid cap and gasket today, checked all the connections, ran like new for 20 minutes at dock, so I put her in gear, backed onto the lake, and the damn thing dies AGAIN. Loses power and shuts down. I prime it a couple of times, choke it, and it goes back to dock.
Question 1. Could the primer solenoid cap that I replaced have anything to do with the boat dying out?
Question 2. What does it mean if the fuel primer bulb never gets and stays hard?
Question 3. Should I just get rid of the damn thing before I literally go off the deep end?
Question 4. Does anyone have an idea what might be going on? Carbs? Fuel pump?
(And do you get demoted to galley-washer for too many newbie questions?)
Thanks in advance
1. 3 weeks ago, boat was running fine, stalled out, and would not catch and run. Towed back to shore by friends.
2. 1 week later--New battery, new plugs, engine runs fine for 5 minutes, (after I let it run and idle at dock the previous day for 20 minutes- ran like a champ). Stalls out after shuddering and losing power, comes to a halt.
3. Same day, boat will catch and fire, run for 3 minutes at a time letting me get back to dock.
4. I found a hose that was not attached to anything, discovered that it belonged to a broken nipple underneath the primer solenoid.
5. Replaced primer solenoid cap and gasket today, checked all the connections, ran like new for 20 minutes at dock, so I put her in gear, backed onto the lake, and the damn thing dies AGAIN. Loses power and shuts down. I prime it a couple of times, choke it, and it goes back to dock.
Question 1. Could the primer solenoid cap that I replaced have anything to do with the boat dying out?
Question 2. What does it mean if the fuel primer bulb never gets and stays hard?
Question 3. Should I just get rid of the damn thing before I literally go off the deep end?
Question 4. Does anyone have an idea what might be going on? Carbs? Fuel pump?
(And do you get demoted to galley-washer for too many newbie questions?)
Thanks in advance
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