Hello all,
I just bought a '96 Tige with the 350 Magnum Tournament Ski engine. Here is what it does on the water - it starts and idles fine. After I take the boat outside the 'No Wake' zone, I give the engine full throttle. The boat gets up and out of the water in a split second. It runs on plane about 6 seconds before it starts 'bogging' down (bogging - seems like it is running out of gas... like you are going full throttle, then 1/2 throttle, then full throttle, etc). After pulling back the throttle and then letting the boat idle for 2 or 3 minutes, it does it all over again (runs good for 6 seconds and then boggs down again).
Let me give you a little background about the boat... the previous owner did not winterize it correctly. He would almost completely drain the gas tank before he would winterize it to 'prevent bad gas', but that surely leads to water in the fuel tank over the wintertime (especially with Colorado winters). So far, I have replaced the water-separating fuel filter and it runs a little better, but pretty much the same.
Problem #2: A few plug wires are allowing the spark to jump from the wire to the closest metal - either the outside ring of the spark plug, or the exhaust manifold. My solution to this will be to replace the plugs and wires.
Problem #3: There is water coming out of holes on the top and bottom of the water circulating pump (Maybe another winterization problem). Is this normal? The temperature gets to 160 degrees and does not get any higher. There are some attached pictures of this situation.
Are these problems related? Do I need a new fuel pump or should I look somewhere else for the fuel problem? Do I need a new water pump? Thanks a lot for anyone's help.
I just bought a '96 Tige with the 350 Magnum Tournament Ski engine. Here is what it does on the water - it starts and idles fine. After I take the boat outside the 'No Wake' zone, I give the engine full throttle. The boat gets up and out of the water in a split second. It runs on plane about 6 seconds before it starts 'bogging' down (bogging - seems like it is running out of gas... like you are going full throttle, then 1/2 throttle, then full throttle, etc). After pulling back the throttle and then letting the boat idle for 2 or 3 minutes, it does it all over again (runs good for 6 seconds and then boggs down again).
Let me give you a little background about the boat... the previous owner did not winterize it correctly. He would almost completely drain the gas tank before he would winterize it to 'prevent bad gas', but that surely leads to water in the fuel tank over the wintertime (especially with Colorado winters). So far, I have replaced the water-separating fuel filter and it runs a little better, but pretty much the same.
Problem #2: A few plug wires are allowing the spark to jump from the wire to the closest metal - either the outside ring of the spark plug, or the exhaust manifold. My solution to this will be to replace the plugs and wires.
Problem #3: There is water coming out of holes on the top and bottom of the water circulating pump (Maybe another winterization problem). Is this normal? The temperature gets to 160 degrees and does not get any higher. There are some attached pictures of this situation.
Are these problems related? Do I need a new fuel pump or should I look somewhere else for the fuel problem? Do I need a new water pump? Thanks a lot for anyone's help.
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