kids mad and im crying. please help

[lquested]

got boat legal and loaded up the kids went to the lake but boat in water fired right up. put in rev. and worked good... put in fwd and it died. ( every time) but if i slam it to wot it runs. just dies when i put it into gear at idle..i never took it off the trailer .. just got back home and have no clue why it does that .. this is an 88 bayliner caprie 1900 bow rider w/ a 1988 125 hp force outboard. does any one have any idea why it would do that ? i told the kids my friends on here are really smart and could help us out and we might be able to try again tommorrow.. thanks for any help yall could give..

 

[yohuallin]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

sound like my problem, on my situations the boat runs fine witht dogs ears, but in the water keeps dying cuz is not running in all cylinders, so when it has a load it doesnt have have enough power to push the boat and it dies, check your cylinder make sure all are firing if so then check compresion

 

[eurolarva]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

When shifting into forward gear and motor tries to stall hit the choke and see if that improves or kills the engine. If it improves I would suspect carbs or link and sync. If it kills I would look at ignition and compression.

 

[NFA]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

Might want to adjust your idle as well. I had a similar problem, was a low idle in neutral, even lower in forward. Just bumped the idle up a bit. I don't know the ideal idle is at, but I would think around 900-1000RPM at idle and 700-800RPM in forward.

Good luck!



SSS

 

[JB]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=250874

 

[lquested]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

ok i checked compression and they are all 120. i have spark on all four. i went back to the lake and was going to start it and idle it up some but the battery died. just my luck ill charge the battery and try again that makes sense. and not really understanding the last post with a web address on it so we will see what happens.if anyone has other ideas i will welcome them with open arms i am at wits end here. ready to sell boat and sit on the couch. and watch bass fishing,, lol

thanks
lee

 

[NFA]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

Watching bass fishing is almost as bad as actually bass fishing.

Did you check the idle quest?



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[Graybunch7]

Re: kids mad and im crying. please help

You might want to check and see if your exaust boot is torn and leaking which will kill the engine once you put it in the water. Even a little tear could cause a problem like yours, I went through the same thing. If you look down inside the motor on the back side (w/ cover off) and you should see a 'cv' style boot that conects to the two holes out the back of the motor. Very inexpensive part to replace, around 20 bucks. It consists of the boot itself which will come with a new spring that inserts in the boot and then you should also get the spacer that goes on the tapered end of the boot. Try that and let me know......I was in your shoes two weeks ago. Don't sell it just yet, It's well worth it once you get out there!!