msteele868
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Need a bit of help guys, new here and thought it was time to sign up before i spend £££££ repairing what might be a simple problem.
I have a Mercury 50Hp 2 stroke 4cylinder, red band one from about 1998-99. I bought it with a boat and it was leaking fuel in the top carb, turned out to be a duff fuel bowl gasket, once that was replaced the carb was put back on and the boat went into the water, well for a 14ft speedboat not to plane with a 50hp came as a bit of a shock.
Further inspection revealed that the top carb is not shooting fuel up the jet into the venturi but i blew it all out with compressed air when i had the carb apart so it is not blocked. and because the lack of fuel in the top carb, means its not firing on #1 or #2 cylinder.
I had a friend tell me that the carbs should be fed from the bottom carb into the top? mine is the other way round, is this true? could this be causing the top carb to miss out on the fuel??
any help appreciated thanks guys!
I have a Mercury 50Hp 2 stroke 4cylinder, red band one from about 1998-99. I bought it with a boat and it was leaking fuel in the top carb, turned out to be a duff fuel bowl gasket, once that was replaced the carb was put back on and the boat went into the water, well for a 14ft speedboat not to plane with a 50hp came as a bit of a shock.
Further inspection revealed that the top carb is not shooting fuel up the jet into the venturi but i blew it all out with compressed air when i had the carb apart so it is not blocked. and because the lack of fuel in the top carb, means its not firing on #1 or #2 cylinder.
I had a friend tell me that the carbs should be fed from the bottom carb into the top? mine is the other way round, is this true? could this be causing the top carb to miss out on the fuel??
any help appreciated thanks guys!