Also make sure all you fuel line connections are tight, including the ball valves themselves, that is, tighten the nut below the handle. The slightest air leak will cause a loss of suction once the fuel flow has been interrupted.
On Oct 21, 10:23 am, Seattle Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 maxRPMare > > 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 2,500rpm. 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
