elandesfeind
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Hello everyone!
I'm new to the forum and new to boat ownership, so please pardon my ignorance...
In February, I bought a 17' Key West with a 1997 70 HP Johnson 2 stroke.
The boat sat for at least a year before I bought it. The motor ran fine when I bought it, but I couldn't get it started the next trip. I took it to a local mechanic and he found a cracked line (he wasn't specific about what line it was) and he replaced it. After that, the boat ran fine. I run the boat at least twice a week and it ran great for almost 5 months, but it's developed a "few" problems since then. The problems have started in the following order...
1) The tachometer has stopped working properly. It reads correctly from idle up to around 2000 RPM, but then quits, with the needle returning to the peg.
2) Last month, I noticed that after running the boat and letting it sit, there is some fuel that leaks out of the seal on the carburetors. It's less than a teaspoon full of fuel that leaks out after the boat sits overnight. If it sits longer than that, no additional fuel leaks out.
3) Last week, the motor started smoking more at idle. I haven't changed my oil mixture and the boat hasn't sat for more than 5 days. Before every trip, I put in 5 gallons of gas and 13 ounces of oil.
4) The trip after the motor started smoking more, I noticed that it ran very rough in the 2000-2500 RPM range (I'm guessing at that because the tach stopped working). It's a little rough at idle, but not unusually so and once I open it up past 1/2 throttle it runs great.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help out a newbie boat owner!
I'm new to the forum and new to boat ownership, so please pardon my ignorance...
In February, I bought a 17' Key West with a 1997 70 HP Johnson 2 stroke.
The boat sat for at least a year before I bought it. The motor ran fine when I bought it, but I couldn't get it started the next trip. I took it to a local mechanic and he found a cracked line (he wasn't specific about what line it was) and he replaced it. After that, the boat ran fine. I run the boat at least twice a week and it ran great for almost 5 months, but it's developed a "few" problems since then. The problems have started in the following order...
1) The tachometer has stopped working properly. It reads correctly from idle up to around 2000 RPM, but then quits, with the needle returning to the peg.
2) Last month, I noticed that after running the boat and letting it sit, there is some fuel that leaks out of the seal on the carburetors. It's less than a teaspoon full of fuel that leaks out after the boat sits overnight. If it sits longer than that, no additional fuel leaks out.
3) Last week, the motor started smoking more at idle. I haven't changed my oil mixture and the boat hasn't sat for more than 5 days. Before every trip, I put in 5 gallons of gas and 13 ounces of oil.
4) The trip after the motor started smoking more, I noticed that it ran very rough in the 2000-2500 RPM range (I'm guessing at that because the tach stopped working). It's a little rough at idle, but not unusually so and once I open it up past 1/2 throttle it runs great.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help out a newbie boat owner!
