darren mac
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2008
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- 38
Hi folks,
I have a once appon a time 1998 Johnson Ficht. After it blew for the second time I had a new 2004 175 evinrude pwerhead installed and the engine is now a carbed faststrike. The Ficht only had 256 hours on it including a ten hour break in. When I first got it back and ran it I was very impressed . It is mounted to a 481 ranger and it will roll at 65mph by my GPS and I am not all the way into it. Here is my problem, on the last several trips to the lake I have noticed the hole shot getting more and more sluggish progressivly. Now if I press the hot foot quickly the engine chokes down and dies altogether. I have to crank up and slowly , slowly raise my RPM to about 2000, then try and gently put her in forward. Yes I know that is not good for the lower unit. I could never pull a skier this way if I wanted too. This motor did not do this at first when it was built, it ran good. NOTE... For some reason the shop that built it did not realize that a ranger 481 has two fuel tanks and when they installed me a new oil resevoir into it's compartment they dumped the oil that was in the old tank into just one of the fuel tanks... the whole oil tank ! They were then worried that I might have some problems, so we tried to even out it's use but I really think I was using too much oil in my gas for my break in. Guys am I on the right track? Could I use Ring Free or something to clean out my low speed jets? I am wondering if I have buildup in them. Or am I looking at a VRO problem perhaps. I have also changed out my spark plugs and checked my fuel filter as well as installing a new primer bulb. I am going to go to the lake this weekend to figure this out. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Darren Mac.
I have a once appon a time 1998 Johnson Ficht. After it blew for the second time I had a new 2004 175 evinrude pwerhead installed and the engine is now a carbed faststrike. The Ficht only had 256 hours on it including a ten hour break in. When I first got it back and ran it I was very impressed . It is mounted to a 481 ranger and it will roll at 65mph by my GPS and I am not all the way into it. Here is my problem, on the last several trips to the lake I have noticed the hole shot getting more and more sluggish progressivly. Now if I press the hot foot quickly the engine chokes down and dies altogether. I have to crank up and slowly , slowly raise my RPM to about 2000, then try and gently put her in forward. Yes I know that is not good for the lower unit. I could never pull a skier this way if I wanted too. This motor did not do this at first when it was built, it ran good. NOTE... For some reason the shop that built it did not realize that a ranger 481 has two fuel tanks and when they installed me a new oil resevoir into it's compartment they dumped the oil that was in the old tank into just one of the fuel tanks... the whole oil tank ! They were then worried that I might have some problems, so we tried to even out it's use but I really think I was using too much oil in my gas for my break in. Guys am I on the right track? Could I use Ring Free or something to clean out my low speed jets? I am wondering if I have buildup in them. Or am I looking at a VRO problem perhaps. I have also changed out my spark plugs and checked my fuel filter as well as installing a new primer bulb. I am going to go to the lake this weekend to figure this out. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks Darren Mac.