henleyhale
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2013
- Messages
- 136
Well my memorial day splash was a BUST! Just put in new tank, floor, stringers and motor beds in my 77 sea ray, rebuilt the transom assembly and all, but the motor was running good on the muffs so I let it be, took the family to the lake for the big splash and she started right up, pulled off the trailer and died. Great.. 10 men around me and all were either new boaters or a holes no one threw me a rope so, I swam it in 50 yards. Got it on the trailer after so Hella fight in strong wind and got her home. Put her on muffs start run for a few and die, she was shaking and rattling and rocking all along (misfiring). So I started at the plugs they all looked brown and old a few had some pitting in the center so I replaced them, wanted new wires but it's memorial day. Regardless she fired up and ran a lot smoother, but you could smell it running lean, I dunno how to describe that smell, it's like gas fume and burnt toast mixed together, kinda sour and will make you cough bad if you breath it, so I let her idle for a while and when she warmed up she died, so I started her up again and gave it a little gas, still misses a little here and there but it's smoother still. As it ran I lit a cigar and blew smoke around the carb and the seal of the air intake it wasn't pulling it in anywhere so yay for that, I also smoked around the valve covers and heads. This seems like a carb issue the motor say for 2 years in the garage, I'm pretty sure I thought I'd knock out the floor in a few months and neglected to fog and stabilize the fuel in the engine. Stupid me. Looks like I'll be pulling the carb and cleaning and jetting it tomorrow along with having a tarnish on my fun boat trip record with the admiral. This is a mercruiser 228. Anyone have any different ideas? Mostly I just needed to vent to a crowd that gets it.