This is my first posting on the A4 forum so bear with me if I make some obvious mistakes.
I just put my Triton in the water to make the 2 hour journey from the yard to my mooring. For one and three quarter hours everything was going swimmingly. I was making over six knots and the engine was purring. Just rebuilt the carb, changed the plugs, new raw water impeller, new plugs, new thermostat and bypass, new oil.
Then suddenly everything went south. Sudden loss of power, but not complete loss. Engine clearly not firing right. Excessive vibration. I was able to limp home to the mooring with the speed getting slower and slower. By the time I arrived I was barely making 2 knots. I sounded like one of those old popping diesel engines
At first I thought something may have snagged the prop but symptoms continue when shifted to neutral.
My gut tells me this is distributor or timing related, but with my limited mechanical know how I'm not sure if that's worth much. What I can tell you is that it seemed to be a singular event - working perfectly one second then clearly something was wrong.
The oil pressure stayed good the whole time. Water flowed from the exhaust with no problem. The temperature gauge definitely went way down.
I guess I'll start by replacing the distributor or at least parts of it. If this seems symptomatic of something else or if I have left out some valuable information please weigh in.
Thanks.
I just put my Triton in the water to make the 2 hour journey from the yard to my mooring. For one and three quarter hours everything was going swimmingly. I was making over six knots and the engine was purring. Just rebuilt the carb, changed the plugs, new raw water impeller, new plugs, new thermostat and bypass, new oil.
Then suddenly everything went south. Sudden loss of power, but not complete loss. Engine clearly not firing right. Excessive vibration. I was able to limp home to the mooring with the speed getting slower and slower. By the time I arrived I was barely making 2 knots. I sounded like one of those old popping diesel engines
At first I thought something may have snagged the prop but symptoms continue when shifted to neutral.
My gut tells me this is distributor or timing related, but with my limited mechanical know how I'm not sure if that's worth much. What I can tell you is that it seemed to be a singular event - working perfectly one second then clearly something was wrong.
The oil pressure stayed good the whole time. Water flowed from the exhaust with no problem. The temperature gauge definitely went way down.
I guess I'll start by replacing the distributor or at least parts of it. If this seems symptomatic of something else or if I have left out some valuable information please weigh in.
Thanks.
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