mtnwkr
Well-known member
Ok, I had a DOH! moment today, but I'll blame that on the cold medicine I've been taking
Took my new 15hp 2 stroke out to the lake today, I was using the gas can from my 4 stroke... I know what your thinking, but yes, I mixed new gas and oil in it to the proper ratio. What I didn't do was flush the 6' hose and bulb with the mixed gas.
Started up fine, let it warm up for a few seconds then took off across the lake to see how well it would do. Made it about a 1/4 mile and started loosing power. Slowed down and the engine died on me. I was like OH $H1T! checked the vent on the tank, wasn't that, started it up again then it hit me, I just ran WOT on straight gas! Felt the head and it was pretty hot. Not fry an egg hot but hot enough I didn't want to leave my hand on it for more than a few seconds. But it did get hot enough to kill the engine.
Took the lid off my tank and jammed my pliers into the valve on the end of the hose and pumped it about 20 times to make sure I had all the unmixed gas out, hooked it back up and fired her up again. I putted around for a minute letting everything get lubed up again then did a few laps around the lake with my hand under the pea stream to see if it was getting hot again.. No more problems, and seems to be running fine. Thank God!
I got home and checked the compression, just under 120 each cyclinder. Ran it in a tank for a while and seemed to do fine. I guess I got lucky.
Is there anything else I should do or check to make sure I didn't fu#$ anything up?
Thanks for being helpful with all my newbie questions!
Oh, the new motor was a much needed improvement over the honda 10hp. Jumped right up on plane and rode much higher and flatter, could easily hold plane down to about half throttle and gps'd it about 24mph, 7mph improvement over the honda.
Anyone have any touch up paint?
Took my new 15hp 2 stroke out to the lake today, I was using the gas can from my 4 stroke... I know what your thinking, but yes, I mixed new gas and oil in it to the proper ratio. What I didn't do was flush the 6' hose and bulb with the mixed gas.
Started up fine, let it warm up for a few seconds then took off across the lake to see how well it would do. Made it about a 1/4 mile and started loosing power. Slowed down and the engine died on me. I was like OH $H1T! checked the vent on the tank, wasn't that, started it up again then it hit me, I just ran WOT on straight gas! Felt the head and it was pretty hot. Not fry an egg hot but hot enough I didn't want to leave my hand on it for more than a few seconds. But it did get hot enough to kill the engine.
Took the lid off my tank and jammed my pliers into the valve on the end of the hose and pumped it about 20 times to make sure I had all the unmixed gas out, hooked it back up and fired her up again. I putted around for a minute letting everything get lubed up again then did a few laps around the lake with my hand under the pea stream to see if it was getting hot again.. No more problems, and seems to be running fine. Thank God!
I got home and checked the compression, just under 120 each cyclinder. Ran it in a tank for a while and seemed to do fine. I guess I got lucky.
Is there anything else I should do or check to make sure I didn't fu#$ anything up?
Thanks for being helpful with all my newbie questions!
Oh, the new motor was a much needed improvement over the honda 10hp. Jumped right up on plane and rode much higher and flatter, could easily hold plane down to about half throttle and gps'd it about 24mph, 7mph improvement over the honda.
Anyone have any touch up paint?