Last season I had a new powerhead installed on my 1985<br />140 VRO. The engine has probably 20 hrs on it at best. She basically runs great except for this one quirk- if I don't use the boat for a couple of weeks (2 to be exact) - she will start<br />right up, I let her run for 2 minutes or so for her to warm up and then leave the dock. Fine at <br />low speed but if I try to open her up, she will seem like the fuel supply was cut off and and quit. If I pull up the choke lever and crank- she starts right up. Naturally to get her in gear I have to lower the throttle- she'll die out again.<br />By the 4th or 5th time- she will finally get going with absolutely no problems for the rest of the day. The fuel separator (Racor) was installed last year but only has about 30-35 hrs of use because the boat was basically disabled and out of the water half of last season. I added a<br />can of Sea Foam after the 10 hr break in period. There is some external rust on the <br />separator cannister but the plastic bowl doesn't seem to have any water. <br /><br />Any ideas on what may be causing this. Thanks!
