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I have a 1996 4.3 four winns and yesterday took the kids out for a lil skiing.. Boat cranked right up and drove it for about 200 yards and as I always do check the gauges. Looked down and seen engine at around 225 degrees so I shut the motor off. Upon inspection I notice the big hose leading to...
I have a 1996 fourwinns 4.3 and when I am at WOT (or on plane) I can slightly feel it slowing down and then it will speed back up. the engine will not stumble or make any noise. It has been doing it for the last 5 times out. I have checked all gas lines and cleaned the carb as best as I could...
I have a 18' 1998 fourwins 4.3 and i have had the boat for about 6 years now. when i go to take a left turn sometimes the boats front end wants to come up very high and not turn sharp like it always does when i take right hand turns? any advise on what to check or look for? thanks in advance
Today I was installing a new throttle cable and lever and when i was wiring the safty control wire that stops it from cranking when in gear i hooked up the wires backwards and then tried to crank it and blew some thing. i do not know if it is a realy or what to do. it will now longer crank...
Please help!! Still not getting fuel to the carburetor. And tried all that was in the manual. But yesterday I bypassed the fuel pump relay and the pump kicked on. But did not bring fuel to the carb. I was using small wire and the load would only last so long till it winded down. My question is...
I have a 1996 Volvo Penta 4.3 w/ a holley 2bbl carb on it. Last week took the boat out and ran it for about 4 hours. Ran perfect. Thursday took it back out and would not start. After several hours of trouble shooting it I found out that there is absolutely no gas getting to the carburetor...
