Here's one for you guys, hopefully you can help me out.
Last season I refurbished my boat (18ft Maxum bowrider) with the 150 Optimax V6, oil injected, late 90s model. Has run beautifully the past two season.
A couple weeks ago while having it at idle for approximately 7-10 minutes, once I went to gas it to get up on plane, it coughed, choked and sputtered. I immediately pulled back into neutral, it coughed once or twice more, then shut down. No beeps, no warning signals, nothing.
I went to fire it back up, and it wouldn't fire. It would turn over no problem, but wouldn't fire. I then checked the primer bulb and there wasn't any pressure in it. I gave it a few pumps, it fired up right away, and away I went. That was about 2-3 weeks ago.
The same thing happened today, went to gas it, it sputtered a little and shut down. Again, no signals, beeps, etc. I primed the bulb, waited a minute, fired it up and took off. It ran perfectly back to the launch.
So I'm curious as to what it is? Has anyone had this problem before? How did you remedy the situation?
I haven't had it tuned up or anything since I had it installed last summer. The plugs are the ones that were in it from last year. I've been told I can get many years on these plugs, but I was planning on switching them out for next season. I don't think it's the fuel pump, or else I wouldn't be running at all.
Hopefully someone on here will have an idea. Right now it doesn't feel like a major issue, but I'd like to fix it as soon as possible.
Thanks everyone.
Last season I refurbished my boat (18ft Maxum bowrider) with the 150 Optimax V6, oil injected, late 90s model. Has run beautifully the past two season.
A couple weeks ago while having it at idle for approximately 7-10 minutes, once I went to gas it to get up on plane, it coughed, choked and sputtered. I immediately pulled back into neutral, it coughed once or twice more, then shut down. No beeps, no warning signals, nothing.
I went to fire it back up, and it wouldn't fire. It would turn over no problem, but wouldn't fire. I then checked the primer bulb and there wasn't any pressure in it. I gave it a few pumps, it fired up right away, and away I went. That was about 2-3 weeks ago.
The same thing happened today, went to gas it, it sputtered a little and shut down. Again, no signals, beeps, etc. I primed the bulb, waited a minute, fired it up and took off. It ran perfectly back to the launch.
So I'm curious as to what it is? Has anyone had this problem before? How did you remedy the situation?
I haven't had it tuned up or anything since I had it installed last summer. The plugs are the ones that were in it from last year. I've been told I can get many years on these plugs, but I was planning on switching them out for next season. I don't think it's the fuel pump, or else I wouldn't be running at all.
Hopefully someone on here will have an idea. Right now it doesn't feel like a major issue, but I'd like to fix it as soon as possible.
Thanks everyone.
