bowhuntrrl
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2003
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- 320
Let me give some history on this boat/engine. I just bought it , it's been sitting for over 4 years. The seller told me that it needed carb work since he couldn't start it. today, I found out why. The choke on the bottom carb was frozen solid. After some judicious spraying of Kroil and Deep Creep, I got it freed up. We got the engine running and idling nicely. I ran it for about 1/2 hour on the muffs. It revs freely in neutral, and idles pretty good, if not a bit slow.
Tonight we took it to the lake hoping to see how it runs. It started ok, idles good and revs in neutral. The second that I put it into either forward or reverse, it sputters and stalls. I warmed it up for about 10 minutes, reved it in neutral, and put it into gear when the revs dropped and throttled it. It strated to take off then bogged and died.
Am I going to have to take the carbs off and go through them?? I had been running some Seafoam in the mixture hoping it might take care of any such problems, but I guess snake oil can't cure everything !! Any suggestios will be appreciated.
Tonight we took it to the lake hoping to see how it runs. It started ok, idles good and revs in neutral. The second that I put it into either forward or reverse, it sputters and stalls. I warmed it up for about 10 minutes, reved it in neutral, and put it into gear when the revs dropped and throttled it. It strated to take off then bogged and died.
Am I going to have to take the carbs off and go through them?? I had been running some Seafoam in the mixture hoping it might take care of any such problems, but I guess snake oil can't cure everything !! Any suggestios will be appreciated.