kalninm
Well-known member
So I've done a lot of little work on this motor, carb rebuild, spark plugs, fuel filter, water pump, new fuel line with primer ball, etc. However it's still acting up. It'll sit and idle in the driveway with muffs on at 1400rpm, but when in the water it tries to idle at 500 rpm and just dies out. I've increased the idle speed in the driveway three times and it still won't idle high enough in the water to keep running. However when I do get it to turn over if I get it into gear quick enough I can give it gas and then it'll stay going. When I try and actually go though, anything over 1/2 throttle, I get surges in power. there's no cut out at a certain rpm or anything like that it just gives me power and then loses it back and forth. Any thoughts here? Oh also while it idles it likes to backfire here and there which drops the rpms way down. I'm a little baffled, but I'm checking for air leaks this evening in the fuel line. Any other thoughts here?