Lack of power at full throttle 5.7L

mstrhntr

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Heres a good one. 2556 cierra Bayliner with I/O cobra outdrive , 5.7L engine. Ran about thirty miles the other day with out a glitch. Turned around to head back and it seams I cannot get full speed. Runs great at idle and in nuetral if I apply power gradually. But if I hit the throttle to full fuel it starts sputtering even in nuetral. Normally cruise at 3800 but now can only get 3300. Replaced all plugs/wires/distributor/fuel pump/re-built carb/pulled main fuel line off the tank and ran it in my kicker tank to rule out a suction problem. Changed filter in carb during carb rebuild. Noticed engine coolant down about 2 qts. Compession test reveals two cylinders a bit lower than others. They were about 130 compared to 150 on the rest. Keep in mind this is a 1998 engine with 250 hrs. I suspect maybe coolant leaking into a cylinder when the engine heats up and is under load. Is there any other way to check for this before I pull the heads? I did pull all the plugs and look for signs of rust or a miss firing plug. I did not see anything that just jumped out at me. Please help any ideas would be appreaciated. I am Mechanically inclined but I seam to be drawing a blank at this point.<br />Thanks<br />Dan
 

itsdave

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Re: Lack of power at full throttle 5.7L

Dan,<br /><br /> It's always good to start with the simple things 1st. Did you try checking your water/fuel seperator to see if its full? If you have a full one, it won't take out anymore water and under high rpms might cause your intake to grab water that's mixing into the fuel. Just unscrew the filter and dump it. I've seen this happen a few times. the seperator looks like an oil filter sitting on the fuel line. In fact, some boats don't even have this part. In that case, you might consider installing one. Beats siphoning and chucking a full tank of diluted gas. Hope this helps....
 

mstrhntr

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Re: Lack of power at full throttle 5.7L

Dave,<br />I agree and that is the first place I satrted looking. I'm still at a lost and not quite sure whats up. Thanks and I'm always listening
 
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