CobisCaller
Seaman Apprentice
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- Jul 22, 2009
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Hello
I have owned this motor for a couple years and have used it minimally. The previous owner said it had an intermittent starting issue. I ran it a few times last season and started it several times last season in the garage with muffs on and it seemed to fire right up most times. Last fall I had it out on the lake and it started and ran fine and then started bogging down at WOT. It only seemed to be going about half speed or so with the control all the way open. It would occassionally rev up to full speed and then slow back down. That was the last time I used it last fall. Over the winter I would occasionally put muffs on it in the garage and it would start okay.
This spring/summer I started it with the muffs on and it started fine each time.
I took it out to the lake tonight with the hopes of narrowing down the problem. I put it in the water and it fired right up. Idled kind of rough (kind of "popping") for about 5 minutes but kept running. I took it out on the water and it ran good at WOT for a couple minutes and then bogged down, only running about half speed. I slowed it down and it would rev up a bit and then back down. I put it in neutral and it died. Tried starting it several times and it would fire a little but not run. Then not firing at all. I put on a spark tester on both cylinders and each lit up. I let it sit and checked the linkages and nothing obviously wrong. Tried starting it a couple more times and it finally started. Still a little rough idle but it was running. Went right to WOT and cruised around fine for probably 15 minutes. Backed off the throttle on the way back to the ramp and it seemed like it wanted to die if I got too close to neutral. Got close to the docks, and slowed it down and put into neutral.
It died. Tried starting it several more times at the dock and nothing. Put it on the trailer and hauled it home.
Not sure if the WOT issue and starting issue are related but hoped to get some advice on a starting point. I kinda need it to start reliably in order to see if I'm losing spark or what at WOT. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I have owned this motor for a couple years and have used it minimally. The previous owner said it had an intermittent starting issue. I ran it a few times last season and started it several times last season in the garage with muffs on and it seemed to fire right up most times. Last fall I had it out on the lake and it started and ran fine and then started bogging down at WOT. It only seemed to be going about half speed or so with the control all the way open. It would occassionally rev up to full speed and then slow back down. That was the last time I used it last fall. Over the winter I would occasionally put muffs on it in the garage and it would start okay.
This spring/summer I started it with the muffs on and it started fine each time.
I took it out to the lake tonight with the hopes of narrowing down the problem. I put it in the water and it fired right up. Idled kind of rough (kind of "popping") for about 5 minutes but kept running. I took it out on the water and it ran good at WOT for a couple minutes and then bogged down, only running about half speed. I slowed it down and it would rev up a bit and then back down. I put it in neutral and it died. Tried starting it several times and it would fire a little but not run. Then not firing at all. I put on a spark tester on both cylinders and each lit up. I let it sit and checked the linkages and nothing obviously wrong. Tried starting it a couple more times and it finally started. Still a little rough idle but it was running. Went right to WOT and cruised around fine for probably 15 minutes. Backed off the throttle on the way back to the ramp and it seemed like it wanted to die if I got too close to neutral. Got close to the docks, and slowed it down and put into neutral.
It died. Tried starting it several more times at the dock and nothing. Put it on the trailer and hauled it home.
Not sure if the WOT issue and starting issue are related but hoped to get some advice on a starting point. I kinda need it to start reliably in order to see if I'm losing spark or what at WOT. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks