So, while we await this nasty storm coming across the continent, today we are experiencing a little bit of Indian Summer here in Southern Maryland. Partly sunny and 75F on October 22.
I talked my beautiful wife into enjoying the evening on the boat for a sunset putz right after work. Been blowing 10-15 out of the SW all day, I figured we might even get a sail up to enjoy the evening.
Get the engine running & warming up seems to be OK, so we start untying lines. As I go to check it (I always give it a little goose to make sure she'll go before dropping back to idle and into gear) - she dies. - Crank for a bit..no go...I have a C-30 so I close the thru-hull....crank....crank...crank...hmmmph! (not really what I said, but I am sure you can imagine what I was really saying!!) - Pull the choke out, leave at zero throttle, and it starts!!! - runs rough, but it starts...give it a little throttle and bmmrrrphh...dies. Get it running again, full choke, no gas, it runs...open thru-hull....let it run...let it run...try a little less choke...dies...now at least with full choke it will start immediately...too much gas...it dies...any opening of the choke..it dies..so...you get the picture. With full choke, and easing up the throttle, I manage to get it to run in the slip at about 1,500 RPM. Anything above 2,000, and it comes right back down and runs rough around 1,100 RPM...anything off full choke...it dies.
Sorry honey!! No sunset cruise tonight...I don't understand my wife, but she has premonitions...she brought a book, so I pull out the tool box.
So, I decided it was a fuel starvation problem & yanked the carb and brought it home.
In the pic is a ball point pen..this thing next to it, came out of the main jet when I separated the carb halves and blew some carb cleaner around in it.
Not sure exactly what it is, but it looks like a little booger..kinda yellow, and soft...it might be a piece of teflon tape, which I have since learned I should NOT use for sealing fuel line fittings. So, to add to my winter projects, is to yank all fittings, and use Aviation brand Permatex on all my fuel line fittings..ah, what a distinctive smell that stuff has!
Thanks Don..your insight is invaluable..when I got home, I checked out some things about running on full choke...I remembered this post from 2005 - not directly mind you, but it was easy to find:
Perhaps we'll get one more nice day before I yank the rig and winter time gets here!
I talked my beautiful wife into enjoying the evening on the boat for a sunset putz right after work. Been blowing 10-15 out of the SW all day, I figured we might even get a sail up to enjoy the evening.
Get the engine running & warming up seems to be OK, so we start untying lines. As I go to check it (I always give it a little goose to make sure she'll go before dropping back to idle and into gear) - she dies. - Crank for a bit..no go...I have a C-30 so I close the thru-hull....crank....crank...crank...hmmmph! (not really what I said, but I am sure you can imagine what I was really saying!!) - Pull the choke out, leave at zero throttle, and it starts!!! - runs rough, but it starts...give it a little throttle and bmmrrrphh...dies. Get it running again, full choke, no gas, it runs...open thru-hull....let it run...let it run...try a little less choke...dies...now at least with full choke it will start immediately...too much gas...it dies...any opening of the choke..it dies..so...you get the picture. With full choke, and easing up the throttle, I manage to get it to run in the slip at about 1,500 RPM. Anything above 2,000, and it comes right back down and runs rough around 1,100 RPM...anything off full choke...it dies.
Sorry honey!! No sunset cruise tonight...I don't understand my wife, but she has premonitions...she brought a book, so I pull out the tool box.
So, I decided it was a fuel starvation problem & yanked the carb and brought it home.
In the pic is a ball point pen..this thing next to it, came out of the main jet when I separated the carb halves and blew some carb cleaner around in it.
Not sure exactly what it is, but it looks like a little booger..kinda yellow, and soft...it might be a piece of teflon tape, which I have since learned I should NOT use for sealing fuel line fittings. So, to add to my winter projects, is to yank all fittings, and use Aviation brand Permatex on all my fuel line fittings..ah, what a distinctive smell that stuff has!
Thanks Don..your insight is invaluable..when I got home, I checked out some things about running on full choke...I remembered this post from 2005 - not directly mind you, but it was easy to find:
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