aeronutt29
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 28, 2002
- Messages
- 112
Perhaps this should go in the "stupid tricks" section but......<br /><br />My boat (15' tri-hull, '69 100HP Merc) sank in 5 feet of water (don't ask 
). The outboard was submerged completely for about an hour before we managed to drag the boat up onto the shore. While the boat was under water, the motor was cocked up in the transport position so the carburetors were pointed down. I pulled all the spark plugs and found no water in any cylinders. The distributor cap was full of water so a good wiping out and spray down with WD-40 was in order. Looking into the carburetors showed no sand or plant matter so I didn't remove the carburetors. The motor fired right up in my driveway and ran just fine for about 20 minutes. I did notice that the idle speed was a little lower than usual, but I though that might just be caused by moving the idle screw when I took the distributor apart. I put the boat in the water and tried full power. The response was significantly less than I am used to. The boat only made it up to 18 MPH. 32-35 is normal. When I pulled the cover and held my hand in front of each carburetor, I noticed the bottom carburetor was spitting gas out onto my hand. This makes me suspect that something (seaweed?) might be holding the reed valves open and allowing the air pulse to shoot back out. <br /><br />Anybody have a good suggestion for the best way to handle this? Should I replace the reed valves just for good measure? Would this be a good time to buy my first bottle of Power Tune?
). The outboard was submerged completely for about an hour before we managed to drag the boat up onto the shore. While the boat was under water, the motor was cocked up in the transport position so the carburetors were pointed down. I pulled all the spark plugs and found no water in any cylinders. The distributor cap was full of water so a good wiping out and spray down with WD-40 was in order. Looking into the carburetors showed no sand or plant matter so I didn't remove the carburetors. The motor fired right up in my driveway and ran just fine for about 20 minutes. I did notice that the idle speed was a little lower than usual, but I though that might just be caused by moving the idle screw when I took the distributor apart. I put the boat in the water and tried full power. The response was significantly less than I am used to. The boat only made it up to 18 MPH. 32-35 is normal. When I pulled the cover and held my hand in front of each carburetor, I noticed the bottom carburetor was spitting gas out onto my hand. This makes me suspect that something (seaweed?) might be holding the reed valves open and allowing the air pulse to shoot back out. <br /><br />Anybody have a good suggestion for the best way to handle this? Should I replace the reed valves just for good measure? Would this be a good time to buy my first bottle of Power Tune?