It Will Only Idle

lucasjd1

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Bought a Bayliner Capri with a Force 85.(Not sure what year) It will start and idle but when you throttle up it dies. Could this be a bad fuel mixture? Any ideas?
 

Thomas P

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Re: It Will Only Idle

first thing i would do is drain all gas and put fresh in with proper mixture and stabilizer. you do not know how long the gas was in the tank before you bought it, it may be very old. after that try adjusting idle a little higher. then if no luck get into your compression test and spark at all plugs and clean carbs, but fuel should be first it is the easiest and could be your prob. it happened to me a couple of weeks ago, my force 120 would idle but as soon as you put in gear it would die, fresh fuel and it was fine
 

captquest

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Re: It Will Only Idle

Thomas is right on track I think, but what about the history on this motor has it been sitting or running. Is the fuel system OK?, does the bulb work and harden up? Any filters need to be replaced? Carbs getting fuel, maybe clogged? Spark? Compression? Is the timing linkage working and adjusted properly?
 
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