butchmotors
Seaman Apprentice
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- May 26, 2010
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I am new to this forum .I recently bought a 96 baja islander 208.It has a 454 mpi with about 330 hours on it. I rented a slip in the genesee river, so finally no more trailering. I ran about 3 full tanks of gas through it with no problems ,itl do about 73 on gps with 3 people on it. recently itl start breaking up around 65mph and sounds like its running out of fuel. I heard a problem with water in the fuel tank so I replaced the filter/water seperator.It didnt seem to help. now im noticing went I hit waves its also cutting out just for a split second,and seems to be getting worse . The guy I bought the boat from said last year he ran ethanol by accident and it started acting up .He said he put some treatment in the gas and it took care of the problem.I dont want to add anything without assurance ,and I stay away from fuel with ethanol.I personally think the fuel pump is givving up. Please any help would be greatly appreciated .