A buddy gave me a 1984 Bayliner with a Volvo AQ125 and 270 drive. He said he had done a compression check, rebuilt the carb, new plug, wires, cap, rotor,but it would only run at high idle. Then it sat over the winter and he was tired of messing with it and since he had another boat he gave it to me. Many hours spent in the barn by me and my two sons re doing the interior, redoing wiring, draining out the old gas, replaced outdrive lift drive, clean and paint the water systems,install new seals and gaskets ( both seawater and fresh), new freeze plugs in the block one was weeping so replaced all 4. New camshaft seal, valve cover gasket, exhaust gasket and hose, and new bellows, u joints and had the prop reconditioned. Got it running and out on the water. Ran pretty good out on the Lake but after a long period of no wake idling it loaded up and was hard to start, nursed it back to the landing and on to the trailer. Back in the barn again, ok round 2 rebuilt the carb, re check timing, new coil, plugs, gap points, check to see if the fly weights are free in the distributor. Got it running, idling pretty good,and accelerates good if you punch it. It bogs out if you apply slow increase to the throttle. Also does not want to run between 2 and 3 grand wants to die out. Not sure what to try next. Anybody have a similar issue or know of anything else I may have missed?
