I thought all my engine shutdowns were gone permanently. Wrong.
Earlier last week i flushed the main passage which when cleaned , eliminated a need for the choke
to be out.
New problem
What happened yesterday, upon initial startup I turned on the fuel
primed with squeeze bulb till hard. Engine started instantly, as usual.
Went to the fuel dock topped off tank with 7 gallons until came out
the deck fill plate (oops).
Left the dock, ran the engine less than 10 minutes to get sails up.
Shut engine down for about 50 minutes restarted engine to get
thru a swift moving narrow gut, boat was also under sail and heeled.
Engine ran for about 5 minutes, then sputtered and shutdown.
Restarted, ran 4 or 5 seconds , Restarted again using choke, kept
going another 5 seconds then would not restart.
I ran below and reprimed with the rubber bulb. BUlB would not get
hard and remained collapsed.
Engine started immediately, and ran well the rest of the day.
BTW I have a facet fuel pump mounted at about the same level as the
head of the engine on the firewall.
Could this have occured due to a full tank and the boat being heeled
possibly temporarily blocking the air hose bleed to the tank?
Could the engine have lost prime due to fuel pump losing prime due
to heel angle?
Crap in the fuel just added?
Other suggestions appreciated
There is a 1 season old Petronix and a 3.5 ohm coil with a 1.5 ohm resistor
added recently. Engine has been running well this season.
Best Regards
Art
Earlier last week i flushed the main passage which when cleaned , eliminated a need for the choke
to be out.
New problem
What happened yesterday, upon initial startup I turned on the fuel
primed with squeeze bulb till hard. Engine started instantly, as usual.
Went to the fuel dock topped off tank with 7 gallons until came out
the deck fill plate (oops).
Left the dock, ran the engine less than 10 minutes to get sails up.
Shut engine down for about 50 minutes restarted engine to get
thru a swift moving narrow gut, boat was also under sail and heeled.
Engine ran for about 5 minutes, then sputtered and shutdown.
Restarted, ran 4 or 5 seconds , Restarted again using choke, kept
going another 5 seconds then would not restart.
I ran below and reprimed with the rubber bulb. BUlB would not get
hard and remained collapsed.
Engine started immediately, and ran well the rest of the day.
BTW I have a facet fuel pump mounted at about the same level as the
head of the engine on the firewall.
Could this have occured due to a full tank and the boat being heeled
possibly temporarily blocking the air hose bleed to the tank?
Could the engine have lost prime due to fuel pump losing prime due
to heel angle?
Crap in the fuel just added?
Other suggestions appreciated
There is a 1 season old Petronix and a 3.5 ohm coil with a 1.5 ohm resistor
added recently. Engine has been running well this season.
Best Regards
Art
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