Bill Collector
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2005
- Messages
- 79
OK here it is- Motor sat for 8 years before I went through it completely and did everything that needed to be done to get her running right. Went out yesterday after replacing all the fuel lines. The motor had an air leak in the primer hose, so I replaced all hoses. Went out and the boat ran fine for about 10 minutes, then started bogging and running half power. I limped it to shore, screwed in both jet screws on the carbs. they were at one turn out. I rejetted to two and a half turns out. She ran great! After about 30 minutes it started bogging again. I pressed the primer and was pretty far from my launch and on my way back she cleared up and ran great again?? I rebuilt both carbs last month, engine has good compression, vent was open on the fuel tank. My questions:<br />1. how many turns out is normal starting point for an outboard engine?<br />2. do reeds get stuck?<br />3. what else would cause it to not get gas and then clear up?<br />4. I'm aware there may be a float sticking or something, but before I dig into them, would a motor that has not run for 8 years need to be cleared out by running it for a while?<br />5. At this time, the motor runs fantastic, but I feel I need to do something to make sure that the loss of power does not happen again.
