Re: Runs great on hose, Dies under load
Alright I think I'm getting close to finding the problem. It has more symptoms now which should make it easier to eliminate a bunch of things.
Put the boat in the water to test some more and this time the problem happened immediately. At first when i would push the key in to prime, the rpm's would increase slightly. Seems like it would be a lack of fuel problem. however, later (maybe a couple hours) under the same circumstances, pushing the key to prime caused the engine to die.
At one point we couldnt get the engine to run above idle at all for about an hour. it would once again start somewhat easily, only idle and then die when given throttle. What eventually helped it was putting it in neutral, pumping the fuel, and manually increasing gas at the engine to cause it to run at higher rpms. After that it was fine and ran in gear again.
it may sound weird but it really seemed like the waves were giving the engine a hard time. 2-3' waves submersing the engine above upper exhaust holes seemed to make it die when in idle after just starting.
I checked the floats on the carbs and they seem fine.
Also, I did notice something worth noting but im not sure it would cause this. When pumping the fuel and trying to start the engine, fuel would squirt a little out of the top of the primer on the engine. When the primer is on and the fuel is pumped, it leaks out of the top of the primer. when its not on it doesnt leak unless trying to start the engine. a little confusing, i know.
is it possible for this to be an electrical problem? how would i troubleshoot that? Sorry for the long post. thankyou!
