Hey guys,
I am a newbie when it comes to boat only recently buying one.
The boat has been running great with only some minor issues.
The boat at one stage began jerking at random times, it wasn't consistent, as in it may jerk for 15 minutes then not jerk for the rest of the day. Then it might jerk for half hour then again not for the rest of the day. I decided to change the spark plugs first and it seemed to work, the boat ran great with no jerking whatsoever. I then did the water pump with a mate, and they temperature of the boat improved, all was good.
the issue now, is that the jerking has began again, but along with that the boat is now sluggish. Then it will come good, and will be fine. Today was the same, would run sluggish, come good, then jerk and became sluggish again but remained that way for a while. I put the ears on to clean her when we got home and it was running rough, really rough. Still starts first crank, but sounds rough with a mild popping sound.
My first theory is fuel, my reason for this is when I did change the spark plugs I was at another location using fuel from a different station, and whilst there it ran fine. As soon as I got back and used fuel from the local servo it would jerk for a little at times and then come good and repeat.
I hope that was convoluted, but I am not sure what it could be? I am planning on buying a new plastic fuel can tomorrow and hook that up with fuel from a different place, because the tank I have on board is made out of like tin or something.
Thought i'd also add, when Im going full throttle it doesn't jerk or seem sluggish, only feels like its not reaching top speed.
Any questions to clarify ask, cause I don't know if I made sense even after reading it back to myself.
Thanks
I am a newbie when it comes to boat only recently buying one.
The boat has been running great with only some minor issues.
The boat at one stage began jerking at random times, it wasn't consistent, as in it may jerk for 15 minutes then not jerk for the rest of the day. Then it might jerk for half hour then again not for the rest of the day. I decided to change the spark plugs first and it seemed to work, the boat ran great with no jerking whatsoever. I then did the water pump with a mate, and they temperature of the boat improved, all was good.
the issue now, is that the jerking has began again, but along with that the boat is now sluggish. Then it will come good, and will be fine. Today was the same, would run sluggish, come good, then jerk and became sluggish again but remained that way for a while. I put the ears on to clean her when we got home and it was running rough, really rough. Still starts first crank, but sounds rough with a mild popping sound.
My first theory is fuel, my reason for this is when I did change the spark plugs I was at another location using fuel from a different station, and whilst there it ran fine. As soon as I got back and used fuel from the local servo it would jerk for a little at times and then come good and repeat.
I hope that was convoluted, but I am not sure what it could be? I am planning on buying a new plastic fuel can tomorrow and hook that up with fuel from a different place, because the tank I have on board is made out of like tin or something.
Thought i'd also add, when Im going full throttle it doesn't jerk or seem sluggish, only feels like its not reaching top speed.
Any questions to clarify ask, cause I don't know if I made sense even after reading it back to myself.
Thanks