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I had a guy call me today and he was thinking of buying a boat with an atomic 4 in it. He was somehow told to call me. He mentioned that there seem to be allot of problems with the engines and of course he looked at the forum here. Had to explain to him that this is the forum that covers the world on this engine and that most guys on here are regular members that know the engines. My advice was very simple.
Check compression, clean the carb, change filters, clean tank. Look at putting in EI and informed him on the coil situation with the added external resistor. Change and keep an eye on the oil and winterize it like I do up here (it's already done). The boat is in the area here and I know she's not a regular on the water...so I really pushed cleaning the fuel system from tank to and including the carb.
He was wondering if it had enough power in weather as he wants to do some coastal cruising. I sent him this link. He has a point...when those guys read what can go wrong they don't realize just how easy it is to avoid most of those issues. I had one tiny momentary electrical issue with a loose connection on the alternator this past summer. That was the first time in 3 years that I had to touch the engine non maintenance related. Water in gas once (it still ran), a chaffed plug wire once (it still ran), condenser went once (after I turned off the engine and didn't restart). Total time engine out of operation since 2007 due to mechanical issue...about an hour. If it wasn't for working on other's boats I never have any experience. LOL
So, I was thinking if we had video of our boats being pushed through the water under engine it might be a good thing for the guys on the fence. In the below link I had to get in under the dodger under the weather and took some video. Not a big deal but you can tell the boat is just moving nicely through the water.
Check compression, clean the carb, change filters, clean tank. Look at putting in EI and informed him on the coil situation with the added external resistor. Change and keep an eye on the oil and winterize it like I do up here (it's already done). The boat is in the area here and I know she's not a regular on the water...so I really pushed cleaning the fuel system from tank to and including the carb.
He was wondering if it had enough power in weather as he wants to do some coastal cruising. I sent him this link. He has a point...when those guys read what can go wrong they don't realize just how easy it is to avoid most of those issues. I had one tiny momentary electrical issue with a loose connection on the alternator this past summer. That was the first time in 3 years that I had to touch the engine non maintenance related. Water in gas once (it still ran), a chaffed plug wire once (it still ran), condenser went once (after I turned off the engine and didn't restart). Total time engine out of operation since 2007 due to mechanical issue...about an hour. If it wasn't for working on other's boats I never have any experience. LOL
So, I was thinking if we had video of our boats being pushed through the water under engine it might be a good thing for the guys on the fence. In the below link I had to get in under the dodger under the weather and took some video. Not a big deal but you can tell the boat is just moving nicely through the water.
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