Back In The Saddle Again!

[strick]

Thanks Lloyd and Beaver!

OK so today I finally had time to take the boat out for another test run. I always like to run the boat on the muffs at home for a few minutes just to make sure all systems are go before I trailer it down to the ramp. She was idling fine for a while and then the engine died out. Re started it and it died out once again. Now I'm pissed because I really want to get down to the water and Lisa was looking forward to taking her first ride in this boat.

I started pulling things apart and noticed that the fuel line had some clear silicone gunk inside of it. I'm thinking how in the heck could anything have got past the fuel filter and how did anything get in there in the first place. So I took the brand new fuel line off and got to really looking at it and that's when I found that the the inside of the fuel line was delaminating. There is a plastic like material that lines the inner part of the fuel line and it was coming apart and restricting flow. Note the pictures below.








This is Sierra USCG rated fuel line not more then 3 weeks old. I had originally been looking for the regular old black 3/8 line (teleflex) but WM was out of that so I ended up with this crap. DON'T BUY SIERRA FUEL LINE. So I spent most of the day today tearing out all the calking around the fuel and live well hatches so I could remove them to get to the fuel lines and replace them. Finally by this evening Lisa and I were ready to do another test run. There is less spray now that the engine is up 2 more holes but there is minimal gain in RPM. WOT is still at about 5500 RPM and doing 35 knots. I think I need another prop and since I am not really into propnology I will look to the board for help on this one.

strick