Goin Broke
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- Jul 30, 2012
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Hello,
I bought 20 foot sweetwater pontoon about 5 months ago with a blown motor. I ended up buying a 1973 65 hp Merc. I put it on and it ran alright. After about 3 weekends of fun the battery died on me. I took it in for service and come to find out the starter went bad on it at the same time. To sum the story up, They changed the starter and i had them do a carb rebuilt kit because i had fuel coming out of the front of the carbs. I picked the boat up had the same exact problem so i took it right back to them. After that was all said and done the motor ran like a champ! After 1 full day of being on the lake the boat started to loose power. Using a GPS on my phone the boat would do 18 mph and after a long day maybe 8-10...? I have also had the boat stall (once) while at low idle. I disconnect the fuel line get it to fire and have to wait for the fuel to burn off so it will idle back up. I am lost to wha this could be and why am i having this problem after a carb rebuild kit? It did have some fuel coming out before but never lost power like it is now. I had them look at it today and the tech said sounds like it is running good to me. I know it is not right because it ran stronger before. Thanks in advanced!
I bought 20 foot sweetwater pontoon about 5 months ago with a blown motor. I ended up buying a 1973 65 hp Merc. I put it on and it ran alright. After about 3 weekends of fun the battery died on me. I took it in for service and come to find out the starter went bad on it at the same time. To sum the story up, They changed the starter and i had them do a carb rebuilt kit because i had fuel coming out of the front of the carbs. I picked the boat up had the same exact problem so i took it right back to them. After that was all said and done the motor ran like a champ! After 1 full day of being on the lake the boat started to loose power. Using a GPS on my phone the boat would do 18 mph and after a long day maybe 8-10...? I have also had the boat stall (once) while at low idle. I disconnect the fuel line get it to fire and have to wait for the fuel to burn off so it will idle back up. I am lost to wha this could be and why am i having this problem after a carb rebuild kit? It did have some fuel coming out before but never lost power like it is now. I had them look at it today and the tech said sounds like it is running good to me. I know it is not right because it ran stronger before. Thanks in advanced!