This is a problem that has gradually gotten worse over the last two seasons. I get on the water and start the engine, maneuver out past the no wake buoys at about 1/4 throttle. When I slowly throttle up to about 3/4 throttle and approach plane, the engine suddenly starts skipping violently and slows down until I bring the throttle back down to about 1/2. Then it runs fine at this low speed. After it warms up, usually an hour or two later, I will try several times to get it up on plane and eventually it will do fine, running at wide open throttle for miles. Then the problem disappears for the rest of the day.
I am hoping that this makes sense to someone. I want to fix it before spring. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I am hoping that this makes sense to someone. I want to fix it before spring. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.