viking 9.6 wot bogs

xtremefisher1

xtremefisher1

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hey guys i have a 70 viking 9.6 that runs great.

my quesdtion is i put the boat in the water today and in nuetral wot is there in reverse its there and in forward it bogs down really bad. i cant get it to plane.

is the motor mounted to close to the transom?

any help would be great
 
jerryjerry05

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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

Have you checked the fuel pump? Post pics of the transom and the cavitation plate,close up and lots of angles.
Ethanol is messing up a lot of motors.It's delaminating the inside of older hoses causing clogs in the carbs and fuel filter.Check for soft hoses and junk in the filter on the motor.Check the diaphram.
Is it spitting water,maybe getting hot?
Check these things and post your results. J
 
xtremefisher1

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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

To be honest I don't even know where the fuel pump is on any outboards. It is spitting out water, is it suppose to be a stream or just spitting ?

Any and all help is appreciated
 
xtremefisher1

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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

hey guys do you think that this 9.6 would be good enough for a 14 foot deep and wide?
 
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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

sounds like a fuel problem to me, i'd check float settings and for clogs, like filter
 
xtremefisher1

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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

so i looked and measured my transome and my engine from the top of the transom to the bottom of the motor its almost 25 3/4 inches so i belive it is a long shaft witch reequires a minimum of a 20 inch transome.

so all in all i am 3 inches short if that is the right way of looking at it. can anyone tell me more.

i looked at some pictures on mercurys website for setting up and outboard and the bottom of the boat is higher than the top fin above the prop by about 3 inches or so.

can anyone tell me if this is true?

thanks
 
xtremefisher1

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Re: viking 9.6 wot bogs

Look in the URL I provided in one of my other posts . That's the best I can take with my cell
 
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