vampirefish
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Ok....so the saga continues 
Sorry for the long post. Took my boat out on the water last night for it's 1st 'trial run'...<br /><br />It took a while to start the engine and warm it up. Here's the problem... Once I got it to idle it would only idle (nuetral) with the throttle midway (sorry, no tach, no guages for reference) -- When I would push it all the way up, it would rev a little, but not what I would imagine (like it does out of the water). And forget trying to get it to idle with any less fuel than midway - it just died.<br /><br />I was 'finally' able to get it to not die when I put it in forward, but when pushing the throttle up, it would barely go...like it's being deprived of fuel. I was only able to get it in forward (without dieing) once.<br /><br />Here's what I do know:<br />1) It runs great out of water. When I push the throttle all the way (briefly), it revs up. After it's warmed up, it idles 'almost' at the lowest throttle position. It seems to idle fine.<br />2) Compression tests were all GOOD.<br />3) In the top carb (3 total), when I first got the engine running out of the water, fuel was spirting out. I knew the float was stuck. A mechanic told me that I could try to run it out of gas...that actually worked - no more fuel spitting out when it's running.<br />4) When I tilted the engine up last night, prepping to drive off, fuel was dripping from the carbs (not a lot, but enough to notice)... not good...<br />5) I realized this morning (whilst reading this forum) that I should have had the vent opened at least a little on my fuel tank..I had it shut tight.<br /><br />Solution(s):<br />1) So due to the float being stuck on the top carb (initally) and them dripping while the engine is tilted up... I'm sure I know the answer...have to rebuild my carbs, right? If I take it into a mechanic, should they test the fuel pump as well as all other areas that fuel is running..?<br /><br />2) Could it be as simple as the fuel tank not being vented to have caused it to run like that? Of course...I'm hoping this is the solution!
Sorry for the long post. Took my boat out on the water last night for it's 1st 'trial run'...<br /><br />It took a while to start the engine and warm it up. Here's the problem... Once I got it to idle it would only idle (nuetral) with the throttle midway (sorry, no tach, no guages for reference) -- When I would push it all the way up, it would rev a little, but not what I would imagine (like it does out of the water). And forget trying to get it to idle with any less fuel than midway - it just died.<br /><br />I was 'finally' able to get it to not die when I put it in forward, but when pushing the throttle up, it would barely go...like it's being deprived of fuel. I was only able to get it in forward (without dieing) once.<br /><br />Here's what I do know:<br />1) It runs great out of water. When I push the throttle all the way (briefly), it revs up. After it's warmed up, it idles 'almost' at the lowest throttle position. It seems to idle fine.<br />2) Compression tests were all GOOD.<br />3) In the top carb (3 total), when I first got the engine running out of the water, fuel was spirting out. I knew the float was stuck. A mechanic told me that I could try to run it out of gas...that actually worked - no more fuel spitting out when it's running.<br />4) When I tilted the engine up last night, prepping to drive off, fuel was dripping from the carbs (not a lot, but enough to notice)... not good...<br />5) I realized this morning (whilst reading this forum) that I should have had the vent opened at least a little on my fuel tank..I had it shut tight.<br /><br />Solution(s):<br />1) So due to the float being stuck on the top carb (initally) and them dripping while the engine is tilted up... I'm sure I know the answer...have to rebuild my carbs, right? If I take it into a mechanic, should they test the fuel pump as well as all other areas that fuel is running..?<br /><br />2) Could it be as simple as the fuel tank not being vented to have caused it to run like that? Of course...I'm hoping this is the solution! 
