Recent content by Tolly40

Thank you for your advice. I like the idea of drawing from an auxiliary tank to eliminate the fuel pick up screen in the tank.

Are you referring to an MSD distributor?

It is beginning to sound like it may be an electrical issue. #1 Change Plugs #2 Replace coil #3 replace sparkplug wires? Sound reasonable?

That would be a cheap fix if that is the problem. I will change them this weekend. Thank you!

Thank Kevin. How would I access that?

How do I check that? Someone suggested trying to run with the gas cap open (which would then act like a vent). It appears we have two vents for each saddle tank; which can be unscrewed from the outside of the hull. Should I do that? I certainly don't want any "blockage to fall back into the tank.

I am not familiar with that. Where would I find that? We do have manual valves for switching between tanks. But this sounds different.

We replaced the mechanical pump with a new electric pump (blocking off the old pump mount).

As I stated, we replaced 18' of marine grade fuel line (tank to valves...valves to engine) thinking the line was bad. I have heard the theory of trash getting sucked up against the fuel pick up too. If so, what can one do about that?

Yes! It starts right up and runs beautifully in neutral. I can run it up and back from idle to 4,000 RPM with no sign of trouble. It only misbehaves in gear.

It runs great in idle. I put it in gear and it hooks up perfectly. Then I slowly increase the throttle. It barely gets up to 1800 RPM (if that) and wants to die. I try feathering the throttle, which staves off the dying for a second or two, but then she dies. I can start it right back up...

Are you telling me that a grounded tach wire turned out to be the culprit? RSVP ASAP! Thank you - Todd

We own a Tollycraft with twin 454 Crusader engines (330hp). Recently we started having problems with our starboard engine. It starts and runs fine...until we put it in gear under load; then it doesn't want to run. We suspected a fuel issue and replaced all of the following: fuel, fuel line, fuel...

Ahoy! Glad to have you.

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