Ok, my turn. 1987 19' Bayliner Center Console w/1986 Force 125HP outboard. 4 cylinder and 2 carbs. 30 gals fresh 87 fuel. New plugs and filter. Recently acquired and today was first time on water. Ran well at home w/flush device. <br />Off-Loaded at ramp and it fired right up in neutral. Went to place in reverse and it stalled out. I played the game of "Start and Stall" for about 10 minutes, Forward and Reverse, no difference.<br />Pulled off engine cover to further investigate. Nothing obviously wrong. Fired it up w/cover off-Varoom! Full rpm's. Ok, so my magic touch did it again,put cover back on, engine still ran in neutral, but still stalled in gear. Gotta do something, hogging ramp space and people are starting to stare.<br />Pulled cover, fired up and pulled away from dock. Except for the noise, she ran quite well. Got up on plane decently enough and ran about 39 to 40 mph (by my speedo) at not quite 5000 rpm's (again, by my tach). Spent over 2 hours on the river and lake in Central Florida, but when I got back to port, it still stalled with the cover on (too chicken to try it on the open water!)<br />Now I did notice that w/cover on, there was a lot of churning water out the exhaust.<br />But w/cover off, no disturbance except for pump water out of "Power Flow" twin pee holes.<br />Could I have wrong cover (don't think so). The inlet isn't clogged. Also, where does the air filter go? My Seloc manual is rather complete, but I can't find the answer. Hope I covered all the bases and sorry for making this too long. Now you know my sad story and THANKS for any help. <br />P.S.- With cover on, the rpm's would only go to about 1800. Take cover off and rpm's would increase by a few hundred rpm (just by taking cover off). <br />P.P.S.- Please remember, It ran very well (I think) with cover OFF.
