matt88
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2009
- Messages
- 160
Some of you helped me with this thing last night and we came to the conclusion that I needed a carb rebuild kit. Well I was going to take the carb off this evening and take it to the shop in the morning but I decided to try the engine in a barrel first. The plugs kinda looked like they had some water on them so I retightened the head bolts. Now Im not sure if that fixed it or not but after tuning the low speed setting in a barrel the motor seems to run ok now. When I first tried to start it it died just like it has been doing on the lake. So I turned the low speed dial almost a full turn before it started running ok in the barrel. On the water hose it would run good at about 3/4 turn and now the low speed setting is at about 1 3/4 turn. My only complaint now is that the plugs are wet still. They were also wet when I was running it too lean?? I plan on taking the engine to the shop in the morning and letting someone more experienced take a look at it but I figured someone here could probably tell me the problem. Im thinking head gasket but Im starting to lose confidence in my 2 cycle diagnosing capabilities. I used to work in a ford dealership as a service tech and I work as a gas service tech now and I am pretty good with 4 cycle engines but I guess there is always more to learn,lol. Im just very thankful there is a place like iboats where us gear heads can help each other out. thanks in advance.
