as I was saying...
there we were motoring in after sweet presidents day sail and I was thinking that all was right with the world and all the work I'd put in to the boat was actually worth it ...
when the motor faltered a couple of times and lost power. Running at low revs <1000, it barely pushed us along, in no wind. Revving up caused it to starve, and makes a throatier than usual sound. Motor will rev happily in neutral and runs smoothly, but in gear, it has no power, starves when revved and stalls if I don't ease back quite quickly.
I had a bad feeling that the problem is valve related, but that is just a hunch.
I've been all over the outside of the engine in recent years : carb, fuel filters and pump, water pump, starter, etc. I've got a cannister water/particle filter, a priming bulb, a polishing filter, and an old facet pump - though I think the motor would run gravity feed if it died- bottom of tank is above carb.
Please make suggestions on troubleshooting procedure and guesses at what my problem is.
there we were motoring in after sweet presidents day sail and I was thinking that all was right with the world and all the work I'd put in to the boat was actually worth it ...
when the motor faltered a couple of times and lost power. Running at low revs <1000, it barely pushed us along, in no wind. Revving up caused it to starve, and makes a throatier than usual sound. Motor will rev happily in neutral and runs smoothly, but in gear, it has no power, starves when revved and stalls if I don't ease back quite quickly.
I had a bad feeling that the problem is valve related, but that is just a hunch.
I've been all over the outside of the engine in recent years : carb, fuel filters and pump, water pump, starter, etc. I've got a cannister water/particle filter, a priming bulb, a polishing filter, and an old facet pump - though I think the motor would run gravity feed if it died- bottom of tank is above carb.
Please make suggestions on troubleshooting procedure and guesses at what my problem is.
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