Re: Installing a oil/water separator questions
Thanks for all the replies I appreciate it. I tried filling the separator and that didn't help. I think Roger hit on it, with regards to connecting the fuel line to the outboard first. I'm mounting my rebuilt motor today and then I'll try hooking up the fuel line and priming it. It does make sense now that I think about it, how could something prime if you can't get rid of the pressure build up at the other end of the fuel line.
As far as the original problem that did my engine in, #1 cylinder gasket blew and poured water in the cylinder. But there was a few other things found also, leaking gasket in 1 of the carbs, back plate gasket between cylinders was leaking and one other thing I can't remember what they said. It's an 89 Johnson that's problem had a hard life (PO had a ski pole on it) and I did 3 years of a lot of WOT running on the river just about every weekend with it. I probably put as much run time on the whole engine as the PO did in the whole time he owned it. On average I fish no less than 5 to 6 times a month, 12-16 hr trips and close to 18 to 24 gallons of fuel per trip year around.
I am going to back off the throttle from now on and try to run around 65% (was recommended by the shop that rebuilt it). I blame my throttle problems on being an X-Bass tournament fisherman! LOL Guess I've got to work on losing that need to get to the spot fast! Of course 24 mph isn't really fast in my book but I do have to consider that it's a barge I'm boating around in these days and not an 18 ft Bass boat. The shop owner told me that my engine would have more HP now after the rebuild and I responded with " Does that mean that only about a foot and a half of the pontoon logs will be in the water at full throttle?" LOL He laughed and said, NO but I can fix you up with a motor that could do that!! We have a 300 hp motor here!
Anyway, again I appreciate the suggestions, I'll let you know how it turns out once I hook the motor up today.