Thanks. I hadn’t heard of oil on the flare fittings.
I applied sealant on the threads and oil on any flare fittings between the separator and carburetor.
Short story.
Cranking issue may be due to a loose + battery cable.
Engine died on the way back to the dock. Wired in electric fuel pump and ran fine for the last 5 min.
Took it out today. First 35-40 min were great.
3k rpm with no hesitation. Though temperature gauge reached 185ish.
Lowered idle to beach and temps dropped down.
Sat for a few hours and started right up to head back to the dock.
2800-3k rpm and it was running fine.
Took it up to 34-3500 rpm and while messing with the trim, it died.
Started it again and gave it some gas to reach 3400 rpm and it died again.
Cranking issue appeared again. I lost all power. I had someone crank it while I moved wiring around the + battery cable seemed to be losing contact, wiggled it and the boat cranked like normal.
Not an issue related to the stalling, because the boat runs with the cable off, but I will get a new clamp so I can secure it tightly.
I did and feel a hear a thump from the rear of the boat too while it was dying.
Wired in electric fuel pump, cranked a few times and it started. Drove it back out into the water for another 5 min and it seemed ok. Kept rpms low because I didn’t want to get stranded.
Not sure where to go from here. Maybe permanently wire the electric fuel pump.
