Hi all...back again with a minor problem.
Yesterday I was driving my boat and after about a mile or so of travel the engine just died slowly. It had been warming up for probably 5 minutes before the trip.
It started coughing and within three or four seconds it died. I was only running it slowly at the time, and perhaps at a faster speed it wouldn't do that, I don't know. It refused to re-start.
A friend towed me over to the island where we live.
Today, after towing the boat in on the tide I tried to start the motor. It started within about 5 seconds and let out a pretty big cloud of smoke when it fired up, which it usually does, and it ran at a medium idle for about 10 minutes and then died again. I would say that was about the same length of time that it ran yesterday when it died. Once again, it would not re-start.
It almost sounds as though it dies when it reaches a given engine temperature. I have not had this problem previously.
Once again, your advice will be most appreciated. Thank you.
Yesterday I was driving my boat and after about a mile or so of travel the engine just died slowly. It had been warming up for probably 5 minutes before the trip.
It started coughing and within three or four seconds it died. I was only running it slowly at the time, and perhaps at a faster speed it wouldn't do that, I don't know. It refused to re-start.
A friend towed me over to the island where we live.
Today, after towing the boat in on the tide I tried to start the motor. It started within about 5 seconds and let out a pretty big cloud of smoke when it fired up, which it usually does, and it ran at a medium idle for about 10 minutes and then died again. I would say that was about the same length of time that it ran yesterday when it died. Once again, it would not re-start.
It almost sounds as though it dies when it reaches a given engine temperature. I have not had this problem previously.
Once again, your advice will be most appreciated. Thank you.