Searay Sundeck 210 RPMS go up, boat doesnt move any faster

massimofinance

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2000 Searay SunDeck 210, Mercruiser 220 HP motor. I have not used it much in the past few years, new baby- used it three times last summer. Always do a winterizing. Always kept the tank at 1/2 full with Stabil conditioned fuel. Yesterday, it motored along fine at 1kRPM, 5 knots, trying to get it to plane did not work- even at 3k RPMs. By reading the forum and the stickies, I figure it is a fuel issue.

We have Ethanol gasoline here and I read Stabil does nothing for this type of (crap) fuel.

What I plan on doing is replacing the fuel filter. Question is: How can I avoid rebuilding the carb? Should I siphon out all the gas?

Thanks...
 
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Re: Searay Sundeck 210 RPMS go up, boat doesnt move any faster

Would it only reach 3k RPM or would it rev more and just not go faster?
 
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Re: Searay Sundeck 210 RPMS go up, boat doesnt move any faster

massimofinance said:
2000 Searay SunDeck 210, Mercruiser 220 HP motor. I have not used it much in the past few years, new baby- used it three times last summer. Always do a winterizing. Always kept the tank at 1/2 full with Stabil conditioned fuel. Yesterday, it motored along fine at 1kRPM, 5 knots, trying to get it to plane did not work- even at 3k RPMs. By reading the forum and the stickies, I figure it is a fuel issue.

We have Ethanol gasoline here and I read Stabil does nothing for this type of (crap) fuel.

What I plan on doing is replacing the fuel filter. Question is: How can I avoid rebuilding the carb? Should I siphon out all the gas?

Thanks...
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Ayuh,... Check the Contents of the fuel filter,... That'll be a hint as to whether yer gonna be rebuildin' the carb,..

If the crud has made it to the carb, it's tooo late,...
 
massimofinance

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Re: Searay Sundeck 210 RPMS go up, boat doesnt move any faster

thumpar said:
Would it only reach 3k RPM or would it rev more and just not go faster?
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Thanks for the response. It will go over 3k but I suppose I chicken out and throttled down. I knew something was wrong and didn't want to make it worse.
 
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