Hi all,
I have a 1975 Sea Ray srv 200 with a Mercury 233 and a 888 alpha one drive. I got this boat for free and have been slowly restoring it, I put on a new to me alpha one gen one drive, holley 4160 4 barrel carb 600cfm, and redid the interior. When I got the boat it would start up easily, on the trailer everything sounds fine but once in the water, the boat won't accelerate. It will rev up a little then want to die even when pinned, white smoke comes up through the carb area. Sometimes it will backfire, and be hard to start thereafter. I have replaced spark plugs, cap and rotor, reset the timing, set the valves, replaced the impeller, and oil change. I have played with multiple sized jets and the air mixture screws with a vacuum gauge. I can post a video in a moment but does anyone know what else I should look into? The boats old but is coming along quite well and am itching to get it running right. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!!!
I have a 1975 Sea Ray srv 200 with a Mercury 233 and a 888 alpha one drive. I got this boat for free and have been slowly restoring it, I put on a new to me alpha one gen one drive, holley 4160 4 barrel carb 600cfm, and redid the interior. When I got the boat it would start up easily, on the trailer everything sounds fine but once in the water, the boat won't accelerate. It will rev up a little then want to die even when pinned, white smoke comes up through the carb area. Sometimes it will backfire, and be hard to start thereafter. I have replaced spark plugs, cap and rotor, reset the timing, set the valves, replaced the impeller, and oil change. I have played with multiple sized jets and the air mixture screws with a vacuum gauge. I can post a video in a moment but does anyone know what else I should look into? The boats old but is coming along quite well and am itching to get it running right. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!!!