Force 120 Bog down off a plane.

[Rjacobsen86]

New member so bare with me. I have a 96 120 Force, It has run great over the years except for minor stuff. Just recently it has been acting up. Idles fine, when I take off feels like one or two tiny "misses" or hesitations and then runs great for about 30 seconds and then sputters out and dies. It got worse and worse until I noticed the pressure bulb was compressed and had to work it to get fuel to it then force it through the pump into the filter. So I have been on here for about 3 days now reading alot. Found that I should rebuild the fuel pump and did (which was much needed). Took It out today for a test run and ran great for about 2 minutes this time and did the same thing but the pressure bulb was not compressed. So tried to get it up on plane a few more times and was successful then it would immediately sputter out and die or back to idle . Took it back to the house and replaced plugs and fuel filter going to do another test run tomorrow but not very optimistic. Could somebody please help?...and thank you in advance.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: Force 120 Bog down off a plane.

Sounds like the vent line could be clogged.Possible water in the system.
Ethanol is messing up a lot of motors.It's delaminating the inside of older hoses causing clogs in the carbs and fuel filter.Check for soft hoses and junk in the filter on the motor.J

 

[Rjacobsen86]

Re: Force 120 Bog down off a plane.

Thank you for the quick response. I will get on that and reply back soon. Thank you again.