Motodox
Seaman Apprentice
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- Sep 7, 2015
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- 42
Ok so I've owned this boat for a year and it's been a great boat 1986 Rinker v170. Beautiful boat well taken care of too. Its always been garage stored and winterized and all preventive maintenance done etc.
Here's the deal big weekend I just went through the whole boat checking trim pump fluid and out drive gear oil hitting all grease points etc etc. boat has always ran great with no issues until this big weekend trip of course.
We were out tubing all day Saturday loving life, we start to head back to our camp spot on a cove where we could leave the boat. Soon as we get to idle zone and idle to cove it just dies. Flat out dies no weird noises or anything.
Tried to restart has good cranking power and nothin! Feeling pretty bummed at this point as I had friends down for the weekend and was to be boating Sunday too. So I spend my entire night trying to get this thing running. End up replacing cap rotor wires and plugs for the hell of it. Mr43t plugs which is oem I believe, I also have a electronic ignition with the flame flower coil. I have tons of spark coming from the coil very easy to see but not a bright strong spark from the plugs but there is spark!
Air filter off I pump the throttle and can visually see the carb dumping fuel so I know it's getting fuel. I pulled a plug placed thumb over port and it's getting tons of compression. Going to test compression with gauge when I get home.
Thinking it could be flooding I try starting wot and still nothing. I let it sit over night, still nothing! I'm lost at this point and could realllly really use some help and advice. I mean I have spark, fuel and compression. I don't get it went from running great to not even sounding like it wants to start.
Is it possible to jump timing ? Or maybe get someone could give me advice on how to check that. Also I haven't touched the distributor yet figured it ran great before how would that be my problem. My firing order is 1-3-4-2 starting front to back and on the coil #1 would be closest to the front right of boat or driver seat.
Please guys help me out!
Here's the deal big weekend I just went through the whole boat checking trim pump fluid and out drive gear oil hitting all grease points etc etc. boat has always ran great with no issues until this big weekend trip of course.
We were out tubing all day Saturday loving life, we start to head back to our camp spot on a cove where we could leave the boat. Soon as we get to idle zone and idle to cove it just dies. Flat out dies no weird noises or anything.
Tried to restart has good cranking power and nothin! Feeling pretty bummed at this point as I had friends down for the weekend and was to be boating Sunday too. So I spend my entire night trying to get this thing running. End up replacing cap rotor wires and plugs for the hell of it. Mr43t plugs which is oem I believe, I also have a electronic ignition with the flame flower coil. I have tons of spark coming from the coil very easy to see but not a bright strong spark from the plugs but there is spark!
Air filter off I pump the throttle and can visually see the carb dumping fuel so I know it's getting fuel. I pulled a plug placed thumb over port and it's getting tons of compression. Going to test compression with gauge when I get home.
Thinking it could be flooding I try starting wot and still nothing. I let it sit over night, still nothing! I'm lost at this point and could realllly really use some help and advice. I mean I have spark, fuel and compression. I don't get it went from running great to not even sounding like it wants to start.
Is it possible to jump timing ? Or maybe get someone could give me advice on how to check that. Also I haven't touched the distributor yet figured it ran great before how would that be my problem. My firing order is 1-3-4-2 starting front to back and on the coil #1 would be closest to the front right of boat or driver seat.
Please guys help me out!
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