Hi All,
Finally got my new (to me) Alberg 35 Sailboat with an Atomic 4 (late model 4 cylinder) sailing this summer. It motored great for about 7 hours total with no issues. Now it has started to splutter and lose power when in gear, but idle seems more or less normal.
Here's my basic issue: I can follow all the instructions in the Moyer Marine A4 handbook, but I'm such a novice to this type of thing I need some training wheels to get started and be safe.
How should I best clean the carburetor and fuel pump?
remove them from the engine? Keep them in place and remove the appropriate sediment bowls, main passage plugs etc? If I remove them from the engine, how best can I insure safety? Catch basin for gas? If so, how much gas will come out? Any other basic tips would be most helpful.
(Maybe there is already some basic help out there I could just tap into, but I couldn't find much so far.)
Thanks,
T.Faste
Some background:
I'm not a mechanic in terms of my knowledge, but I am pretty handy. Right now I'm in the boat anchored out on Whidbe Island, WA, far from home wondering what best to do.
The boat has a new curburetor (with the numbers 286T48 on the side square on top instead of diamond and blank spot where sometimes I have seen a name logo), and mechanical fuel pump that was recently rebuilt.
Finally got my new (to me) Alberg 35 Sailboat with an Atomic 4 (late model 4 cylinder) sailing this summer. It motored great for about 7 hours total with no issues. Now it has started to splutter and lose power when in gear, but idle seems more or less normal.
Here's my basic issue: I can follow all the instructions in the Moyer Marine A4 handbook, but I'm such a novice to this type of thing I need some training wheels to get started and be safe.
How should I best clean the carburetor and fuel pump?
remove them from the engine? Keep them in place and remove the appropriate sediment bowls, main passage plugs etc? If I remove them from the engine, how best can I insure safety? Catch basin for gas? If so, how much gas will come out? Any other basic tips would be most helpful.
(Maybe there is already some basic help out there I could just tap into, but I couldn't find much so far.)
Thanks,
T.Faste
Some background:
I'm not a mechanic in terms of my knowledge, but I am pretty handy. Right now I'm in the boat anchored out on Whidbe Island, WA, far from home wondering what best to do.
The boat has a new curburetor (with the numbers 286T48 on the side square on top instead of diamond and blank spot where sometimes I have seen a name logo), and mechanical fuel pump that was recently rebuilt.
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