fishinmedic
Cadet
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2010
- Messages
- 11
Hi gang,
I have finally been able to wet the boat. This boat was in storage for 5+ years due to motor problems. I have taken to restoring it. It has a 1986 Envinrude 60 with the VRO system removed. The problem was that it would flood out instantly when trying to start when warm. After alot of reading on here I decided to rebuild the carbs. Despite the fact that kits come with a heck of alot of generic parts that I didn't need, the job was not hard at all. The video link somewhere in here is great. While doing the job, I noticed that the fuel lines weren't clamped at the carbs and were loose, hard to get off, but still loose enough that they would spin. I'm assuming this let's extra air in? Well replaced the lines. Took the boat out finally yesterday, I won't say it ran like new, but it definately ran better. No more warm restarting flooding issues. But here's where I have some problems. I went thru 3 gallons of gas in under 2 hours. (not running WOT the whole time) I'm assuming that the idle is too high? The throttle was a little slow to respond. ran great at WOT and also at idle. But I did notice that when in neutral the prop still turned. I'm assuming this can't be normal? Made getting it back on the trailer a feat of boatmanship. I thought that I read on here to adjust the idle back until it dies, then very slowing (giving it time to catch up) turn the screw out til it just stays running. Is this correct? i did that, but yet the prop still turns a bit. Is this normal? So the questions are how to get better fuel consumption, adjusting the idle, and the prop issue.
I have finally been able to wet the boat. This boat was in storage for 5+ years due to motor problems. I have taken to restoring it. It has a 1986 Envinrude 60 with the VRO system removed. The problem was that it would flood out instantly when trying to start when warm. After alot of reading on here I decided to rebuild the carbs. Despite the fact that kits come with a heck of alot of generic parts that I didn't need, the job was not hard at all. The video link somewhere in here is great. While doing the job, I noticed that the fuel lines weren't clamped at the carbs and were loose, hard to get off, but still loose enough that they would spin. I'm assuming this let's extra air in? Well replaced the lines. Took the boat out finally yesterday, I won't say it ran like new, but it definately ran better. No more warm restarting flooding issues. But here's where I have some problems. I went thru 3 gallons of gas in under 2 hours. (not running WOT the whole time) I'm assuming that the idle is too high? The throttle was a little slow to respond. ran great at WOT and also at idle. But I did notice that when in neutral the prop still turned. I'm assuming this can't be normal? Made getting it back on the trailer a feat of boatmanship. I thought that I read on here to adjust the idle back until it dies, then very slowing (giving it time to catch up) turn the screw out til it just stays running. Is this correct? i did that, but yet the prop still turns a bit. Is this normal? So the questions are how to get better fuel consumption, adjusting the idle, and the prop issue.