Dune
Senior Member
With only 80 hours ? Starts instantly, idles smooth, both cylinders firing, recent (3 months ago) fuel filter change, recent addition of non ethanol fuel (estimate tank is probably a mixture of half gas that is 2 years old and half gas that is 1 month old) But even with just me (180 lbs) can't quite get it on plane (it= Avon RIB center console dinghy about 11 feet) Prop blades not perfect but almost so.
Ran fine before the hurricane last week, but now weak. Maybe hurricane action (it was loosely tied to floating dock) stirred up some gunk in tank and clogged newish fuel filter ? I don't like that theory however as it was weak from the get go after the hurricane....seems like if gunk stirred up it would take a few minutes to foul the filter....oh wait, come to think of it I did let it idle for probably ten minutes before I took off.
Does that sound plausable or something else to check ? Is tank gunk/algae an issue with gas tanks or only diesel ?
Ran fine before the hurricane last week, but now weak. Maybe hurricane action (it was loosely tied to floating dock) stirred up some gunk in tank and clogged newish fuel filter ? I don't like that theory however as it was weak from the get go after the hurricane....seems like if gunk stirred up it would take a few minutes to foul the filter....oh wait, come to think of it I did let it idle for probably ten minutes before I took off.
Does that sound plausable or something else to check ? Is tank gunk/algae an issue with gas tanks or only diesel ?
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