08-02-2008, 04:07 PM
Kent,
I will put the boat on the trailer,as soon as I am on I will disconnect the fuel line,then jump up front crank the boat on and secure it to the trailer,by the time I am done doing that the gas is pretty much ran out and the motor dies,lift the motor drive up the ramp.I have yet to hold anyone up on the ramp,I am usally one of the fastest to get my boat out.
Fuzzy,
Yes I did this,and It didn't hurt any thing,I didn't spray the stuff down the throat of the carb and the there is very little that acctually gets to the float bowl,them orfices are small and it doesn't take more than a few drops in each one to clear them out,I did this after taking the boat to a shop,they charged me 175.00 and did the timing,changed the plugs,and drilled a couple of holes in threw the exhaust hole in the back of the motor(No clue why they did that)kinda pissed me off.but I got it back out on the lake and was disappionted to have the same problem,I called them back and told them,they said they had no clue what it could be and the motor ran fine for them? So next step was to find and fix the problem myself and after a bunch of research it looked like a carb rebuild,the boat only had ten hours on it there was no way This was the problem,when I had the cowling off I could see that one of the hole was clogged I spray carb cleaned threw it.and all the the others,took it back out and it was running better but not 100%,I had the hood off and the cowling,I sprayed a little bit in each hole and the boat came alive and has run like a top ever since,that was seven years ago.
I am not douting that the carb cleaner does desolve the oil,but as little as your putting in the orfice at full throttle it isn't going to take but a few milliseconds for the newer fuel to push the stuff threw.
the only other option is to take the carbs off and rebuild them,If you leave the gas in the carbs when storing your boat its going to happen and the shop is going to tell you you need to rebuild your carbs.
last note:I have been running the fuel out of every outboard I have owned,and I was taught to do this by my father and he did this for years and we never had any problems with any of are outboards,they started first pull every time,and my big boat starts no problem every year when I take it out of winter storage.
You guys can do what you want to do.I will do what I do.
Later,fnf
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I will put the boat on the trailer,as soon as I am on I will disconnect the fuel line,then jump up front crank the boat on and secure it to the trailer,by the time I am done doing that the gas is pretty much ran out and the motor dies,lift the motor drive up the ramp.I have yet to hold anyone up on the ramp,I am usally one of the fastest to get my boat out.
Fuzzy,
Yes I did this,and It didn't hurt any thing,I didn't spray the stuff down the throat of the carb and the there is very little that acctually gets to the float bowl,them orfices are small and it doesn't take more than a few drops in each one to clear them out,I did this after taking the boat to a shop,they charged me 175.00 and did the timing,changed the plugs,and drilled a couple of holes in threw the exhaust hole in the back of the motor(No clue why they did that)kinda pissed me off.but I got it back out on the lake and was disappionted to have the same problem,I called them back and told them,they said they had no clue what it could be and the motor ran fine for them? So next step was to find and fix the problem myself and after a bunch of research it looked like a carb rebuild,the boat only had ten hours on it there was no way This was the problem,when I had the cowling off I could see that one of the hole was clogged I spray carb cleaned threw it.and all the the others,took it back out and it was running better but not 100%,I had the hood off and the cowling,I sprayed a little bit in each hole and the boat came alive and has run like a top ever since,that was seven years ago.
I am not douting that the carb cleaner does desolve the oil,but as little as your putting in the orfice at full throttle it isn't going to take but a few milliseconds for the newer fuel to push the stuff threw.
the only other option is to take the carbs off and rebuild them,If you leave the gas in the carbs when storing your boat its going to happen and the shop is going to tell you you need to rebuild your carbs.
last note:I have been running the fuel out of every outboard I have owned,and I was taught to do this by my father and he did this for years and we never had any problems with any of are outboards,they started first pull every time,and my big boat starts no problem every year when I take it out of winter storage.
You guys can do what you want to do.I will do what I do.
Later,fnf
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