RiverLife
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Hello all!
Well I got my boat out for the first time this year. She started right up on the first pull and idled ok. I shoved off and got about a mile down the river. When I throttled back to slow it down it acted like it wanted to die and then did. I took the cover off the motor and it was leaking pretty bad from the bottom of primer injector.
I held throttle open with my finger and gave it a yank. It started right back up and I was able to run full throttle back to the ramp. When I got home I pulled up a parts diagram online and discovered I lost a brass plug, spring, and check ball from bottom of primer injector. No big deal it must have vibrated loss and fell out.
I drove two hours to the nearest Mercury dealer. They had a kit on the shelf to rebuild the entire carb. Since it is a used boat I bought last year figured I would go through the whole thing since I had it apart. Also grabbed a water pump impeller and gasket.
Everything seemed to clean up real nice and it looks like new. It starts right up if throttle is held open. It is chugging bad and has a ton of unburned fuel coming from exhaust. I am pulling my hair out on this darn thing. Took carb back off to double check my work all seems well. I also replaced the bleeder hoses from cylinders to the carb. Is there a way to mix up the connections on those? I also replaced plugs and mixed up fresh fuel.
Right now I am leaning toward a new carb. Any good on-line parts houses where I can order one up and have it pretty quick?
Any other ideas or any sources for parts would be much appreciated. Thank You in advance!
Well I got my boat out for the first time this year. She started right up on the first pull and idled ok. I shoved off and got about a mile down the river. When I throttled back to slow it down it acted like it wanted to die and then did. I took the cover off the motor and it was leaking pretty bad from the bottom of primer injector.
I held throttle open with my finger and gave it a yank. It started right back up and I was able to run full throttle back to the ramp. When I got home I pulled up a parts diagram online and discovered I lost a brass plug, spring, and check ball from bottom of primer injector. No big deal it must have vibrated loss and fell out.
I drove two hours to the nearest Mercury dealer. They had a kit on the shelf to rebuild the entire carb. Since it is a used boat I bought last year figured I would go through the whole thing since I had it apart. Also grabbed a water pump impeller and gasket.
Everything seemed to clean up real nice and it looks like new. It starts right up if throttle is held open. It is chugging bad and has a ton of unburned fuel coming from exhaust. I am pulling my hair out on this darn thing. Took carb back off to double check my work all seems well. I also replaced the bleeder hoses from cylinders to the carb. Is there a way to mix up the connections on those? I also replaced plugs and mixed up fresh fuel.
Right now I am leaning toward a new carb. Any good on-line parts houses where I can order one up and have it pretty quick?
Any other ideas or any sources for parts would be much appreciated. Thank You in advance!