Newbie hare. My brother gave my a 5hp Gamefisher. I tried to use it this weekend and couldn't keep it running.
I finally guessed that the carb bowl was flooding. If I closed the fuel valve from the tank and tilted the motor and let the fuel drain out I could get it to start then I would open the fuel valve and run the motor close to WOT. Before too long the motor would start to seem to bog down. Then I would close the fuel valve untill it started to run lean and icrease in RPM and then open the fuel valve just a little to let a little fuel into the bowl. After some time I could meter the fuel with the valve at WOT and it would run pretty good but it was very hard to adjust.
All that said does it sound like my float/valve was not working?
Assuming that that was the case, I cleaned the carb, checked the float valve and it looked good so I adjusted the tab on the float to close the valve sooner.
Are there any other things I should adjust, check or test before I try it on the water again?
I finally guessed that the carb bowl was flooding. If I closed the fuel valve from the tank and tilted the motor and let the fuel drain out I could get it to start then I would open the fuel valve and run the motor close to WOT. Before too long the motor would start to seem to bog down. Then I would close the fuel valve untill it started to run lean and icrease in RPM and then open the fuel valve just a little to let a little fuel into the bowl. After some time I could meter the fuel with the valve at WOT and it would run pretty good but it was very hard to adjust.
All that said does it sound like my float/valve was not working?
Assuming that that was the case, I cleaned the carb, checked the float valve and it looked good so I adjusted the tab on the float to close the valve sooner.
Are there any other things I should adjust, check or test before I try it on the water again?