?

[85 tide craft]

ok this is my 1st post im going to try to explain this the best as i can.ok i got a 85 tide craft with a 85hp force that my grand paw gave me about a year ago that he got new well it sat up for 3 years befor he gave it to me. me and him get it out to the lake put it in and it would run and idle but when you give it all the gas , anout the time it starts to plans out it want to bog down. so we go back to the truck and get a spray bottle and put gas and oil in it and goback out on the water and take the spray bottle and when it bogs i would spray gas in carbs and it would pick back up as long as i spray gas in the carbs. so i get home pull the carbs off and clean all the crap out the bowls clean all the srew hole and jets things. when i pulled the srews out i counted the turns and put then back that many . i change the gas lines and the prime bulb and put some sea foam in the gas . i take back out and try to run it agine and it still does the same thing and some time now the prime bulb sucks it self flat. it acts like it its not get gas. WHAT DO YALL THINK IT CAN BE

 

[JB]

Re: ?

Howdy, TC.

Welcome to iboats.

Sure sounds like you forgot to open the vent on the fuel tank or the pickup in the tank is clogged, TC. The fuel pump has to be working to suck the primer bulb flat and the carbs have to be working to get her going at all.

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: ?

It's not getting gas! If the primer bulb goes flat, then there is a restriction in the line before it. Check the gas tank. some have a screen in the bottom of the pick-up and that may be partially clogged. Also check the male quick connect fitting if you have one. You will need to unscrew it and check the threaded end. Crud collects behind the spring and will restrict fuel flow.

You can also try buying a cheap tank in Wal-Mart--6 Gal Attwood, about 14 bucks-- and a new male fitting, about 6-7 bucks. Less than 25 bucks and it is always good to have an extra tank. If that solves the problem, your tank and fitting are definitely dirty.

 

[85 tide craft]

Re: ?

its got a 12gal cell it will run wide open out the water but in the water it bogs. i guess ill pull the cell out and clean it cuz it got new gas line

 

[JB]

Re: ?

Very bad idea to run a 2 stroke wide open without a load, Bob.

They are very likely to go into a diesel cycle "Thermal Runaway" in which they over-rev and cannot be stopped with the throttle or the ignition switch. Only cutting off fuel can stop them if they don't turn into a grenade first. Too often the grenade comes first. Don't stand close.

Watched a shade-tree wrench blow a nice Spirit 85 into a thousand pieces doing that. His customer was standing there and got a chunk of rod cap in the chin.

 

[Don S]

Re: ?

Here is a service bulletin on fuel starvation. The testing and inspection part of it the same for any outboard. The last 2 pages are useless as they are for a different kind of fuel pump.

http://www.marinepartsman.com/Mercury-Marine-service-bulletins/Mercury-Mariner/1999/EN_05.PDF

 

[85 tide craft]

Re: ?

one more ? i cant find any where what the gas to oil mix it do yall know

 

[JB]

Re: ?

50:1, TC.

Good luck.

 

[85 tide craft]

Re: ?

thanks

 

[85 tide craft]

Re: ?

well this weekend i got all the gas out my tank and was going to take that tank out the boat and clean it out with some soap and water but the the hole where you get to the tank is to small to pull the tank out the hole. so my ? is how do i clean out the tank. i dont want to put soap and water in the tank in the boat cuz i cant take it out and dump the soap and water out. what can i do . i want to try to put it in the lake this weekend

 

[85 tide craft]

Re: ?

anyone?