engine troubs
Originally Posted by
fatboy
Yes crappieseeker i did go. First time i have had my boat in the water since i had the fuel filter changed. Got out of the no wake zone and gunned it. Same problem. The motor is acting like it is flooding out. So instead of going to where i wanted to , i fished around the bridge pilings at Morris Ferry for about three hours. Caught 31, but only four were keepers including what jerry blake calls a green carp. Loaded up and took the boat back to tullahoma and told them that i smell fuel really bad and it is leaving a terrible rainbow on the water behind me. I don't think its anything major, but just finding it is the main thing. I doubt i will have it back by thursday because i am gonna go ahead and let them put the kill switch on it for the fall brawl . They also are gonna fix my front live well aerator, my auto on my bilge and rewire my front trolling motor while it is there. If i get it back, we can go thursday morning. Drop me a line wednesday afternoon and i'll let you know one way or the other. Anybody out there got any experience with this sort of thing. Its a 175 horse Mariner . Has always ran strong and been very dependable. So far i have checked the gas mix, the compression, the fire, the plugs, the magnetto, the fuel filter, the gas bulb and the fuel lines. Any ideas anyone. Thanks.
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