lost power

scoflaw

Ensign
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2000 sea ray with a 5.0 EFI. I have owned this well maintained boat for 150 hours. Never a problem. Yesterday I had to travel 10 miles in rough seas to get back. Lot of pitching going on. Was cruising at 3200 rpm's when I started to lose power,dropped a few hundred r's, and I could hear it back popping through the arrestor. Backed out of it, and it idled smooth. resumed the trip at 3200 for the remaining 5 miles, no problem. I'm sure if it happened once it will happen again. Any ideas?
 

airdvr1227

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Re: lost power

My first thought was to wonder how much fuel was in your tank at the time. Possible with all of the pitching that your fuel pump started sucking air momentarily?
 

scoflaw

Ensign
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Re: lost power

Little less than half a tank. Fuel filter has about 45 hours on it.
 
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