Re: Loosing patience!! lots of water from exhaust ports
Water flow stayed the same in the lake, upon experimenting tonight I have found that even though the ball stays kind of hard all the time, if I continuously pump the ball the problem doesn't occur and the engine will run till my forearms feel like popeye.
The reason I did not think it was a fuel problem stemmed from an air leak test I did earlier. When the engine stalled after a nice long run with almost no air bubbles (literally one bubble at one instance) found in the line, I figured it crossed off that problem. I replaced the fuel pump, and the problem persisted, making me think its definately something else. Obviously I don't know how to perform an air leak test, or simply don't know what to look for, because the carb is not getting the fuel at an easy, steady flow. Today on the water, when the engine would not start, the primer bulb felt like it had sufficient gas in it, but I'm guessing my carb was just simply empty of fuel.
Dating back to this winter, I tried to install both an inline fuel filter and a water/fuel seperator. I found the inline was too much for the fuel pump, so I spliced the fuel lines together to connect where I removed the inline filter. While this is sealed very tightly with the proper fuel line ties, my thinking is that in this splice either a current or disruption in fuel flow is introduced into this equation that just gives the fuel pump a hard time. I also think I can shorten the line running from the fuel pump to the carb, as there is a good 3-4 inches of slack line.
