yutopia090987
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Hello everyone this is my first post after reading through almost every post lol. I will try and make this as short as possible. My first boat purchase 1978 Sea ray 240 cc. Bad experience so far. I had to have an engine installed which a marine mechanic/ boat junk yard sold me an engine for 800$ and installed for another 1200$. I ran it on ears in the driveway it ran decent, the only thing was you had to hold the choke closed by hand to get it to start. So a friend of mine put a spring to hold it almost closed. I took it out on the water and the fumes from the exhaust were very bad, my friend said you would get fumes. (which i don't remember as a kid/teen being on boats all the time) I personally think it is running rich. The second time i took it out it seemed like it would not go very fast and then stalled and sputtered all the way through the river, barely making it to the dock. The exhaust sounded different also. I would compare the sound to it missing or popping when it hit on one of the cylinders.
I know the manual choke is not working, but I was wondering if the main intake flap on the carb ( for lack of a better term ) should remain all the way open when running ? Because if I remove the spring he installed that's where it will remain. The engine is a 1978 - 79 Mercruiser 260 alpha one drive and quadrajette 4 bl carb. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks:facepalm:
I know the manual choke is not working, but I was wondering if the main intake flap on the carb ( for lack of a better term ) should remain all the way open when running ? Because if I remove the spring he installed that's where it will remain. The engine is a 1978 - 79 Mercruiser 260 alpha one drive and quadrajette 4 bl carb. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks:facepalm:
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