Pulling Choke to overcome bogging

[Dr Honda]

You can't do anything out of the water. without a load... a crap engine will run.

Low peed screw is only for setting the fuel at idle. Once you start to move the throttle... the Pilot jet is what controls the fuel.

 

[cheappc]

You can't do anything out of the water. without a load... a crap engine will run.

Low peed screw is only for setting the fuel at idle. Once you start to move the throttle... the Pilot jet is what controls the fuel.

I just ordered a new Fuel Selector Valve from shopsbt.com. I was thinking, this may be the reason for the hole in my piston when I had to rebuild my top end? (running lean)?

Also, the fuel baffle is bad (my fuel gauge always show empty), do you think it could be acting in limp mode as well?

I shouldnt have ran it lean like that, I rode it about an 5 minutes straight 3 times at full speed on Sunday...hopefully i didnt mess anything up..going to do a compression test tonight or tomorrow morning...

Also... BIG DUMB ME, wow, I just looked at the top end piston kits at Shopsbt.com, and I think i can probably replace those myself!!! wow! You guys totally gave me the confidence to tackle new jobs!

Unbelievable I paid someone $1800 2 years ago for that! wow i feel I got robbed!

 

[470]

FYI, maybe it's just me, but I have not had a lot of luck cleaning the fuel control valve, there's a rubber washer that gets deformed, for $20.00 I would just replace it.

Lou

Your local hydraulic shop can match that washer for less then 25 cents and you can decide what material you want. (viton,nitril,EPEM, etc)

 

[cheappc]

Well I just did a compression check, and PTO side reads 145, and MAG side reads 150.. Thank God, The spark plugs look ok, not too ashy, not too burned/black which is weird.

I checked the big fuel filter by the gas tank, it looks good, waiting for the Fuel Selector Valve, but it looks like its going to be the carbs somewhere, by the way all fuel lines where changed from gray to black.

 

[Dr Honda]

The early boats didnt' have the Tempo hoses. But, it's a good verification that you have regular rubber hoses in it.

 

[cheappc]

The early boats didnt' have the Tempo hoses. But, it's a good verification that you have regular rubber hoses in it.

Lol.. Oops, ok so I thought the previous owner changed them.. So your saying my boat didn't come with grey hoses?

 

[WrensLawnCare]

Well this doesn't look good. Borrowed a compression gauge an got 100 and 115...

Guess I may be dropping it off at the shop. I would do it myself but I don't have the time to do it...and I'd rather let them do it so all I have todo is ride and it would have a warranty

 

[cheappc]

Well this doesn't look good. Borrowed a compression gauge an got 100 and 115...

Guess I may be dropping it off at the shop. I would do it myself but I don't have the time to do it...and I'd rather let them do it so all I have todo is ride and it would have a warranty

Oh oh, I guess that's from running it lean, I took it out to the lake yesterday after installing my new fuel selector valve, th valve looked good, and the same problem persists...

I played and tuned the LS screws by 1, 1/4 Counter clockwise.. But problem persisted... If I played with the throttle back and forth rapidly I got it to go on plane.. But if I lowered the throttle due to a boat in front of me for me to slow down, it would bog down again, and it would be difficult toget it back to plane..

The "using the choke to get it to plane" didn't work most of the time this time neither?? Lol (maybes thats good)

Oh by the way, it worked fine the first 3 times I applied the throttle from standstill to half throttle, it took off nicely... So what gives? It doesn't feel like its the rectifier... But ummm... You think that could be it? Because my battery died completely on the lake every time I beached it to tune the LS screws... (from trying to restart it every time)

I know that with my 96 XP 800, as soon as I changed the rectifier it worked like a charm... Like wow... Do u think this could be the case?

 

[WrensLawnCare]

I'm actually gonna mess with it before. This thing starts way too easy to be low on compression. It actually ran pretty good yesterday.

 

[cheappc]

So whats your guys opinion, do you think its all has to do with dirty caburerators? or do you think if I change the rectifier, thats the case? thanks..