michaeljbaker55
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- May 28, 2018
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I took my Chrysler motor out for the first summer outing on Friday. I noticed leaving the ramp, my motor was not running right. I left out of the no wake zone and got up to top speed and the motor died after about 30 seconds. I was able to move just above idle into a cove, to anchor off and drink some cold beverages. After two hours I got back into the boat and moved out of the cove and tried again to move across the lake at top speed. It died again and did not start. My buddy towed me into the ramp and we put it back on the trailer for the night. The next day I backed the boat in and started the motor to see how it would run while still on the trailer. The motor started right away but at very high idle and then would bog down for a few minutes and then back to high idle again. I decided to take it out on the lake close to the ramp. As soon as I would move above idle to get anywhere fast, it would immediately bog down and die. As long as I stayed a pinch above idle it would get me were I needed to go but, very slow. I started the day with fresh mixed gas, with Stabil, and enzyme fuel treatment. I need some help trying to figure this out. Next time I get a chance to work on it, I will be checking the timing and the belt on the distributor. I have thought about changing the fuel pump diaphragm to see if that may help out the bogging down issue at full speed. Any advice would be much appreciated!