boatingfun
Seaman Apprentice
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- Jul 16, 2007
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- 38
I just bought a 1986 thundercraft with a 86 Johnson 90hp v4 outboard.
When we first took it out it would not idle, and everyone i spoke to said it was the gas (ethenol) It ran great at full throttal but when I brought it back to an Idle, after about 30sec it would die and would be hard to restart.
So I changed to premium shell gas and added the 2+4 additive. I also changed the fuel filter, added a filter for seperating the water from the ethenol, I also changed out the plugs. All this did not seam to do much so I turned up the idle. THIS seemed to help alot I used it several times and it did not stall. Now there is a verry little bump felt when you put it in gear. Is this Normal? So all this leads me to the present problem..
i took it out on the lake today it started no problem Idled for 5 to 10 min and left the dock. It seemed to be runnning rough going up through the channel getting out to open water. I went to Accelerate and it stalled and i could not restart it. It seemed to be the battery because it felt weak when turning over. i checked the terminals to make sure there was a good connection and when i touched the pos terminal it was verry hot! I would wiggle the wires down there and sometimes when i went to turn it over it would feel stronger.
One time i would turn the key nothing would happen not even the beep for choke, the next time a few min later it would turn over fine with hesitation but would seem weaker than it should.
Finally we got it to shore and borrowed a battery pack and it started right up so i went to bring the boat back to the truck and as i was going across the channel the thing stalled again, I hooked up the batt. pack again and it didnt help at all. I had to be towed to shore. did not restart
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When we first took it out it would not idle, and everyone i spoke to said it was the gas (ethenol) It ran great at full throttal but when I brought it back to an Idle, after about 30sec it would die and would be hard to restart.
So I changed to premium shell gas and added the 2+4 additive. I also changed the fuel filter, added a filter for seperating the water from the ethenol, I also changed out the plugs. All this did not seam to do much so I turned up the idle. THIS seemed to help alot I used it several times and it did not stall. Now there is a verry little bump felt when you put it in gear. Is this Normal? So all this leads me to the present problem..
i took it out on the lake today it started no problem Idled for 5 to 10 min and left the dock. It seemed to be runnning rough going up through the channel getting out to open water. I went to Accelerate and it stalled and i could not restart it. It seemed to be the battery because it felt weak when turning over. i checked the terminals to make sure there was a good connection and when i touched the pos terminal it was verry hot! I would wiggle the wires down there and sometimes when i went to turn it over it would feel stronger.
One time i would turn the key nothing would happen not even the beep for choke, the next time a few min later it would turn over fine with hesitation but would seem weaker than it should.
Finally we got it to shore and borrowed a battery pack and it started right up so i went to bring the boat back to the truck and as i was going across the channel the thing stalled again, I hooked up the batt. pack again and it didnt help at all. I had to be towed to shore. did not restart
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!