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Splashed today!
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:41 pm
by Heefus
Everything went great, except the damn starboard engine kept dying again.
We made it out of the marina, and into open water, before it decided it didn't want to play anymore. I got her running, with a liberal dose of carb cleaner, and pulled back into the marina. Ran a jumper, to the coil, and she fired right back up...then wouldn't start again.
Took the top off of the carb, and found a ton of gunk in there. Main jets were clogged, and the accelerator jets weren't squirting at all. Pulled it off, brought it home, and I am going to disassemble/clean, and blow out the passages in the morning. That should rectify the situation!
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:19 pm
by prowlersfish
Just the spring time bugs to work out . Check the fuel filters too .
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:59 pm
by Heefus
That's the funny thing. The filter, in the carb, was clean. All this crap was in the bowls. The accelerator pump wasn't squirting either. Hopefully it is just clogged at the nozzle, otherwise I have to track one down.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:32 pm
by The Dog House
My Chrysler 225 (318) manual recommends turning off the fuel and running the carb dry for winterization. I've always done this with my snowblower and it always starts no problem the next winter. Did you run the carbs dry or leave gas in them?
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:34 pm
by Heefus
They had treated fuel in them.
On a side note, looks like the PO put Edelbrock 1406's in there. This is an auto carb (1409 is the 600 CFM marine version), and it does not make me happy.
I know that people will argue left and right, over the safety of an auto carb, so I am not going to venture into all that. I know he swapped them out about 5 years ago, and has run like this since then. The upside is that they have USCG spark arrestors on them, the downside is that they are not marine approved. I think I am going to have to run them, until I can pony up the cash for 1409s, and run the blower for a couple extra minutes prior to starting.
*cliff notes* Found auto carbs, will replace when possible, but will carefully run till then.
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:23 am
by Freddy
how much fuel was left in the tanks over the winter? did you add fuel stabilizer? when i worked at a boatyard i saw this exact thing happen again and again after the e10 gasoline came out. be a shame to rebuild that carb just to gunk it up again.
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:07 am
by prowlersfish
This type of proplem happened long before E 10 . yes E10 made it worse but this has always been a proplem . If we ran our boats every day like our cars fuel issues would be almost unheard of .
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:16 am
by Allen Sr
prowlersfish wrote:This type of proplem happened long before E 10 . yes E10 made it worse but this has always been a proplem . If we ran our boats every day like our cars fuel issues would be almost unheard of .
+1
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:43 am
by Heefus
Headed out to pick up the rebuild kit, then down to the marina to clean her out and fix her up. Wish me luck!
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:17 pm
by EM63
I'll wish you very much - same procedure happens with our portside
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Greetings - Heiner
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:01 pm
by Heefus
That was actually very easy. Edelbrocks are very simple. It took me about an hour from start to finish, including all the adjustments. Headed to the marina to slap her on then, hopefully, fire her up!
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:02 pm
by alexander38
Allen Sr wrote:prowlersfish wrote:This type of proplem happened long before E 10 . yes E10 made it worse but this has always been a proplem . If we ran our boats every day like our cars fuel issues would be almost unheard of .
+1
++1, run dry if you lay them up for the winter or run all 3 engines for 30 mins every two weeks, it's help me out with the gas troubles.. And good luck this week end ..
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:08 am
by Heefus
Success!
She fired right up, no more stumbling/hesitation, and no more random shut downs. I could not be more happy right now.
We spent the night out, on the hook, rafted up with a good buddy. Caught a few catfish, drank a few beers, and had a good time all around. Headed back down shortly to move her to the new marina, then I gotta pack to go to Chicago tomorrow. It is a nice feeling knowing that all I have to do, when I get back, is turn the key and motor away.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:14 pm
by rooferdave
The Dog House wrote:My Chrysler 225 (318) manual recommends turning off the fuel and running the carb dry for winterization. I've always done this with my snowblower and it always starts no problem the next winter. Did you run the carbs dry or leave gas in them?
I have wanted to do this also, the problem I have is when we winterize we have to run the engines to draw antifreeze in, and to run the carbs dry, it would blow out the antifreeze, this is what has prevented me from doing it,