Last weekend going fishing I started up at the dock and warmed up and idled out fine. Went to throttle up and the boat bogged down. Could not get the boat going on plane. After a couple minutes it started running a bit rough going from bogged down to pretty much full power. A couple minutes more and I had full power. Boat ran normal the rest of the day. I was kind of thinking maybe a little water in the gas?<br /><br />Went out this weekend and same problem only worse. Motor bogged down, check distributor cap for moisture, it was clean. Checked carb for extra fuel dumping from fuel pump in case the primary diaphram had broken, none. But the throat of the carb was very wet with gas. More than I would expect is normal. Took a look in the carb under power and one of the barrels looked to be dumping gas not really atomizing it.<br /><br />So desperate to fish I decided stupidly to idle out the few miles to the reef because it was running smooth just could not get full power. Well we spotted some birds working on the way and went over there to cast a bit (slowly) and stalled. Could not get started up because the engine seemed flooded. Pulled a plug on #1 cylinder and it was dry and looked normal.<br /><br />So we floated around a bit to let it sit and 15 minutes later I got the engine started. Now that we scared ourself we headed back. 5 minutes into the trip back the engine started cutting in full power then smoothed out. Ran in the couple miles on plane full power running like a top. Ran around the dock a bit no problems but now chose not to fish until I resolve the issue.<br /><br />Could the problem be as simple as a stuck float, or do I need to rebuild the carb, or is it something else? The boat has been running great all spring and summer.
