tonka_shores
Cadet
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2006
- Messages
- 22
It's a 1972 Merc 888 (Ford 302) with a Holley 4 barrel carb. The past several times out, I start out from the dock, it will run up on plane (3000 RPM) for 15 minutes until I get to a no wake zone. When I throttle down, it sputters and dies. Won't start for love or money. I wait for about 20 minutes, it starts and runs great the rest of the day--fast, slow, anything. I've replaced the fuel filter, switched from one tank to the other. Last Sunday it ran like a champ. Today, I barely made it back to the dock. I took the site screw out of the primary bowl and the level looked right. When I push the accelerator forward, I get a decent squirt of gas in the throat. So what gives?