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    Popped through the intake.

    That's what I am hoping...
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    Popped through the intake.

    Water separator was immaculate. Let it sit for half an hour and no visible water was present.
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    Popped through the intake.

    When I check fueling, I cut the threads off to read the base of the porcelain... That's how I was taught. The thin grey band at the base indicates a little lean... Should be about double that thickness. The rust on the plug is only present on #5 and #6... Will be pulling the water separator...
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    Popped through the intake.

    Got an old glass jar just for that. Will do. I did do a little more detective work and cut open a couple plugs. 5 and 6 were the only ones that looked a little odd. Based on this, I take it back that it isn't a little on the lean side. Also, since it isn't dark out and I can accurately see...
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    Popped through the intake.

    Fuel was about 12 hours old. separator is due for a change though... I'll pull it too.
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    Popped through the intake.

    I had double checked timing the other night... per my engine 10 degrees BTDC in base timing. Seemed about there with my dial back so I left it alone. It is a thunder bolt V however. I'm not seeing anything on the plugs that is telling me it's lean but I can be wrong. Stripped, wire run through...
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    Popped through the intake.

    Problem is different enough that rather than cluttering up my carb thread I figured it best to start a new thread. So what happened: Ran the boat today after rebuilding the carb. Ran for about 2.5 hours with an hour break in the middle. So out on the water for 3.5 hours total. Upon nearing the...
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    Carburetor question

    So all was good until near the end of my 2 hour run. Started backfiring/popping through the carb. I don't suspect the carb at the moment but I'm going to start digging into it....
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    Carburetor question

    So carb works mint. And as far as the pink... 2 hours in the sun and it's completely gone. I didn't touch a thing. I've seen that pink away... we deal with those bacterial growths at work... that stuff ain't cheap when you have to do the whole boat.
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    Carburetor question

    I get that. It is 20 years old. But still, disappointing it more or less went from looking perfect to that overnight. I already called my buddy and he said drop it off and it'll all get replaced.
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    Carburetor question

    So I took the cover off this morning to get ready and like half of my vinyl in the boat turned pink.... Happened in 3 days. How, I don't know. Boat was dry, cover doesn't leak and it hasn't rained. Cover doesn't rest on upholstery either. A little disgusted and if this is the foreshadowing to...
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Liner is pinned to 4 removable posts container walls sit around the plate on the drive, liner is floated up around like lifting up on a bag in a trash can to get higher water height. Yes it's ugly. Yes I'm tossing it. Edit: it's on the pile never to be heard from again. Sorry for completely and...
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    With it tucked all the down, about an inch above or so above the top of the trim rams. The goal was to make sure at startup the impeller measured below the water surface. Noted. Like I said, I've used it solely for testing the impeller and the 3 times now I've used it the impeller needed to be...
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Yeah I figured after I cut down everything it's about 75 gallons.
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Oh it's massive. Built it out of an old pool liner and some steel pool wall panels I had laying around. To answer another question, I needed something to do that was boat related one cold winter and wanted a little practice with a stick welder. No other good reason but that I was bored.
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Which I normally do. However if I'm checking to see if my pumps working, I tilt it into a big old bucket full of water. Dumb idea? More than likely.
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    Forgot about the muffs... I usually use bucket when testing things like that. My bad.
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    Is there a way to tell if the impeller is working?

    You could pull the hose at the thermostat housing from the drive briefly and start it real quick... should get a good stream of water...
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    Carburetor question

    I haven't seen one that bad in a long time. Glad it's running well. I'll get to testing mine on friday hopefully.
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    Carburetor question

    Your after shots are more or less what mine looked like when I opened it up. I had a little of the varnish in your bowl under the power valve jet. Nice job.
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