newbie4life
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2007
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- 410
Hello all,
After winterizing the boat for the first time last year, I decided to see how well I did with it today... Hooked the water hose up to the outdrive (Ford OMC -- I know, but it works great...), pumped the throttle 3 times, turned the key, and away she went. Worked perfect -- no leaks anywhere, the oil stayed in the crankcase, and the water didn't make it inside the crankcase... life is pretty darn good. Left it run for 10 minutes or so to make sure all was well.
Then, I went to work for a few hours, came back and started it again about 4 hours later. It acted like my old carbureted truck used to... ran kind of crappy for a few seconds, then I increased the throttle a little bit and it smoothed out again, brought it back to idle, and it ran fine. However, when I had to raise the throttle a little, it 'smoked' a little bit -- kind of a grey smoke (thinking back to the carb days, I think that meant fuel... Blue was oil, white was water) It also left a black "soot" on top of the water... it wasn't oil, but rather a powdery type of residue. Again, these issues were just when it was started the second time (and I didn't set the choke the second time either... I just hit the key), and it wasn't running great for 20 seconds or so.
Or am I just being a "nervous nellie"? I always figure I'd rather have problems in my driveway as opposed to on the water........
Thanks for the help, guys.
After winterizing the boat for the first time last year, I decided to see how well I did with it today... Hooked the water hose up to the outdrive (Ford OMC -- I know, but it works great...), pumped the throttle 3 times, turned the key, and away she went. Worked perfect -- no leaks anywhere, the oil stayed in the crankcase, and the water didn't make it inside the crankcase... life is pretty darn good. Left it run for 10 minutes or so to make sure all was well.
Then, I went to work for a few hours, came back and started it again about 4 hours later. It acted like my old carbureted truck used to... ran kind of crappy for a few seconds, then I increased the throttle a little bit and it smoothed out again, brought it back to idle, and it ran fine. However, when I had to raise the throttle a little, it 'smoked' a little bit -- kind of a grey smoke (thinking back to the carb days, I think that meant fuel... Blue was oil, white was water) It also left a black "soot" on top of the water... it wasn't oil, but rather a powdery type of residue. Again, these issues were just when it was started the second time (and I didn't set the choke the second time either... I just hit the key), and it wasn't running great for 20 seconds or so.
Or am I just being a "nervous nellie"? I always figure I'd rather have problems in my driveway as opposed to on the water........
Thanks for the help, guys.
