Hello! I just purchased this boat a couple weeks ago. The fuel pump went out on the previous owner so he replaced it with an electric fuel pump. it's a e8016 fual pump But he never tested it on the water. The motor can be difficult to start but revs up ok if you apply the gas slowly. It hesitates and stalls if your not careful. Under a load the boat almost stalls immediately and you really have to take your time applying the gas to get it moving and it will ride for about a 1/4 mile and completely stall and turn off. I'm almost positive it's a fuel issue but I'm not sure it's the carburetor because it seems to rev up in nutrual and can idle for long periods of time with no issues.
so he had a fuel filter inline from the gas tank to fuel pump. I took it out and inspected it and seemed to be clean. I went ahead and bypassed the filter and ran the boat without it and it seemed to work a little better. So I decided to look up the specs on the electric fuel pump and it shows to be 30 gph at 2.5 to 4 psi. I'm thinking that this is probably too weak for the carburetor and I am looking at one that does 4 to 7 psi instead. I can't find anything on the Web about this carburetor and what is required as far as psi. so I'm hoping someone here has some experience with this. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks!
so he had a fuel filter inline from the gas tank to fuel pump. I took it out and inspected it and seemed to be clean. I went ahead and bypassed the filter and ran the boat without it and it seemed to work a little better. So I decided to look up the specs on the electric fuel pump and it shows to be 30 gph at 2.5 to 4 psi. I'm thinking that this is probably too weak for the carburetor and I am looking at one that does 4 to 7 psi instead. I can't find anything on the Web about this carburetor and what is required as far as psi. so I'm hoping someone here has some experience with this. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks!