flooded???

[jason1150]

was pulling up to shore and I cut the ignition off when it was still in gear so I could get to the motor to pull it up, later I went to start it and it fired up but when I put it in gear it started to want to die, so I nursed her around a bit slowly adding throttle till she got going, now it seems alittle rough in low rpm's, could I have fouled my spark plugs? do you think I need new plugs? thanks in advance for any help, J

 

[JB]

Re: flooded???

What engine, Jason?

 

[Laddies]

Re: flooded???

Jason, I would be inclined to think that some gunk or something can loose in a carb, try using some carb and injecter cleaner mixed into the fuel to see if that helps. Seldom does a surface gap plug foul.

 

[jason1150]

Re: flooded???

I bought some seafoam today, I'm gonna do a search to see the best way to use it, the motor is a 72 mercury 1150, I checked spark on all 6 wires and it's making a good arch on all, compression is 110 across the board, max timing is set at 21, not to sure if this is correct for primary advance, I have it set to 2 deg, my manual says 4-6, also to get full throttle I had to adjust the secondary pick up a couple of turns, does that sound right, this is very frustrating, my manual which is a climer is junk, they cover too many models and very few of them seem to be mine, J

 

[jason1150]

Re: flooded???

just took a sample of fuel from the primer bulb and there is a bunch of little black pieces of what look like rubber, probably fuel line. Is there a way to put a filter inline with the primer bulb without hurting anything? J

 

[hkeiner]

Re: flooded???

You can put an in-line water separating fuel filter on your boat. If fact, it is an often suggested upgrade to also deal with any water that may get into the fuel tank.

I would also suggest that you replace all of your fuel lines. If the hoses are failing and releasing pieces of hose into the fuel line, you should not rely on the fuel filter to compensate for this.

 

[jason1150]

Re: flooded???

would a regular automotive fuel water separator work? I will be replacing the fuel hoses asap, thanks for the input, J

 

[hkeiner]

Re: flooded???

Others may answer differently, but I would recommend using only an appropriate marine fuel filter / water separator. There are various brands available and they do not cost much. The below link shows an example of one:



http://www.iboats.com/Fuel_Filter_W...15672427--**********.952165204--view_id.56071