Depending on where in the US you live or the boat lives, a biocide may help. I'm in Louisville KY and never use one, just stabilizer.
Suggest you pump out the tank at least until you get clean fuel coming out of the pump. John Emmerich C27TR Louisville, KY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 6:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Engine Issue Your tank probably has algae in it. This can cause numerous problems, including plugged filters and poor running engine. The black stuff in the bowl of your fuel separator is algae. You need to be using a good microbiocide at every fill up to kill it and keep it from coming back. Jeff Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "pjdphoto2000" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:04:55 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Re: Engine Issue I have an '82 c27 with the universal 11hp. I find when my fuel tank is less that half full I get water or something in the line and the engine quits. I have a fuel strainer installed in the line so it is easy to clear the water and pump up the pressure, but I still have to bleed the air out of the line. If I don't bleed the air I get symptoms similar to yours. Windstalker. --- In [email protected], Don Brooks <brooksd...@...> wrote: > > > Sounds like a fuel starvation problem. Changing fuel filters would be a good place to start. If you have the original Facet fuel pump, check the strainer on the bottom of the pump. > Don, #6293, Niceville. FL > --- On Thu, 7/30/09, n2imz <n2...@...> wrote: > > > From: n2imz <n2...@...> > Subject: [IC27A] Engine Issue > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 10:18 AM > > > > > > > I have an '88 with the inboard Universal 18. I am unsure of the total hours, but the boat was used very lightly in her life before me. > > So, here's the problem that begun this year and has been getting progressively worse. The engine starts fine, and idles okay. Initially, when I advance the throttle, the motor dies, almost like being flooded in a gas engine.. It is then somewhat difficult to restart (usually 3 or 4 tries), then it runs normally and smoothly, with no hesitation. The same behavior occurs after sailing around for a while. The mmotor starts okay, but wont initially power up. > > I suspect a dirty fuel filter or dirty injectors or maybe a dirty air filter. What do you think? > > Thanks for the help with efficiently trouble-shooting this annoying behavior. > > Matty > Alineup > Croton On Hudson, NY > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
