Condor1970
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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The boat I just bought has been sitting for a year with a full tank of gas to keep the condensation out. However, I don't know if it had some Sta-bil in it or not.
Before we tried to start it, we checked the plugs, wire connections, battery fully charged. When I tried running it, we shot a lot of carb cleaner into the carb, and starting fluid to get it going. The fuel pump is working. I cleaned out the pump filter, and checked the fuel seperator. After trying for about an hour, we gave up for the night, and put the battery on the charger. There is definitely fuel getting to the carb, so we let it sit overnight to let the fuel eat away at whatever might be in the carb. The next day we got it running... sort of. It ran up and down, and responded close to what we would expect. So we shut it down for a few hours, while I worked on other parts of the boat.
Then, when I tried to start it again, it started bogging down on me again. It will not idle, only run sluggish at 1/3 throttle, and when I try to give it gas, I can here the carb sucking in air, but it won't accelerate, and just ends up sputtering and backfiring on ocassion.
I thought it could be bad fuel, varnishing in the carb, but I'm not so sure of that. Usually, even if the fuel is getting old, the engine will at least run, though may not give very good top end performance.... but run, none the less.
Other than pulling the carb and tearing it apart for a full manual cleaning, or perhaps just disconnecting the fuel line and filling it with carb cleaner, what other things do you guys think I should check out beforehand?
Before we tried to start it, we checked the plugs, wire connections, battery fully charged. When I tried running it, we shot a lot of carb cleaner into the carb, and starting fluid to get it going. The fuel pump is working. I cleaned out the pump filter, and checked the fuel seperator. After trying for about an hour, we gave up for the night, and put the battery on the charger. There is definitely fuel getting to the carb, so we let it sit overnight to let the fuel eat away at whatever might be in the carb. The next day we got it running... sort of. It ran up and down, and responded close to what we would expect. So we shut it down for a few hours, while I worked on other parts of the boat.
Then, when I tried to start it again, it started bogging down on me again. It will not idle, only run sluggish at 1/3 throttle, and when I try to give it gas, I can here the carb sucking in air, but it won't accelerate, and just ends up sputtering and backfiring on ocassion.
I thought it could be bad fuel, varnishing in the carb, but I'm not so sure of that. Usually, even if the fuel is getting old, the engine will at least run, though may not give very good top end performance.... but run, none the less.
Other than pulling the carb and tearing it apart for a full manual cleaning, or perhaps just disconnecting the fuel line and filling it with carb cleaner, what other things do you guys think I should check out beforehand?
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