Well, as always I appreciate all the possible scenarios. I keep Excederine nearby when I read all these posts. Two things I've been advised two do. First is electronic ignition. Second, there's the possibility that there may be some water in the fuel. The port tank is only about 1/4 full and the engine started to act up when the bow is riding high. A mechanic suggested that water in the tank could have contributed - and the fuel filter confirmed there was a good bit of water in the fuel line. I got some Stabil and Iso-HEET to treat the fuel and I'll fill the tanks up. Any advice on whether to run the tank dry prior to re- filling?
On Oct 20, 2:28 am, waterguy <[email protected]> wrote: > Among the things to suspect when an engine won't run up to max RPM are > seized advance weights in the distributor. You can check by taking > the distributor cap off, grasping the rotor and twisting. You should > feel the rotor move about 30 degrees, against spring resistance, and > return to the starting position when you release the pressure. If no > movement, suspect a seized mechanical advance. > > You can also check the distributor advance with a timing light: at > idle, the timing mark should line up with the degree tab at the > appropriate idle timing setting. When the engine is revved, the mark > should swing away toward the advance side and advance about 30 degrees > by the time the engine reaches about 2,500 rpm. If the timing mark > stays static, the advance mechanism is seized. The amount of advance > at a given engine speed varies according to the advance curve of the > particular engine. Be very careful checking timing advance with a > light; you'll be sitting down in the engine compartment with your > timing light and its attendant wires right next to all those spinning > belts. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
