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OverMyHead 
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 Topic: Boat dies once i put it into gear?Posted: July-18-2009 at 12:07am |
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Somebody should tell you, the flame arrestor is the canister thing on top of your carburator that sits where your air filter would commonly be on a car. There are several parts unique to marine applications that are required for safe operation. It is good to become familiar with these parts if working on your own boat, for instance you create an explosion risk if you put a standard automotive distributer on a marine engine.
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For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats.
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89Ski_Nautique
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Posted: July-17-2009 at 9:26pm |
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T Rag,
For starters your idle is way too high, you will need to adjust the idle and perhaps check the timing to be in the proper range. Do not adjust your idle artifically high to compensate for the engine dying while in gear. This puts a lot of load on the transmission plus makes it unsafe for slow speed manuvering around the dock and or other boaters. As Eric pointed out while out of the water, please check your engine/tranmission alignment (read that as mis alignment)perhaps it is way off causing excesive drag. Also perhaps check your transmission / propshaft connection to ensure the propshaft rotates freely with any excessive binding. |
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C-Bass
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Posted: July-17-2009 at 6:15pm |
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 Haha, yeah that's kinda what I was thinking. It's like saying "Yeah it has plenty of oil. Where is the dipstick?"
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Luchog
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Posted: July-17-2009 at 12:04pm |
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If you cant find the flame arrestor I really doubt you can tell the choke is in working order. |
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eric lavine
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Posted: July-17-2009 at 6:31am |
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thats right up there with where is the outdrive, also look into a safety boaters coarse, it too will help you identify important parts and the workings of a safe boat
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BuffaloBFN
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Posted: July-16-2009 at 2:47pm |
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I think Eric may have called it. Your idle is too high and that will also put a hurtin' on the tranny.
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tieguy88
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Posted: July-16-2009 at 2:20pm |
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rpm run about 1100 then when i put it into gear it just dies. but when its warm it run in gear at about 800 rpm and when in neutral is around 1000
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Hollywood
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Posted: July-15-2009 at 1:22pm |
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What rpms do you see?
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tieguy88
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Posted: July-15-2009 at 12:41pm |
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Yes the choke is working. WHere is the flame arrestor?
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eric lavine
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Posted: July-15-2009 at 10:06am |
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you could have some serious mis-alignment also
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: July-14-2009 at 11:12pm |
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Is your choke working? Pull the flame arrestor and see if it's closed when cold and then it should open gradually as the engine warms up. BTW, Fords are notorious for being cold blooded!!! What RPM did you crank the idle up to?
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tieguy88
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Posted: July-14-2009 at 10:29pm |
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I have a 1985 Ski Nautique 2001. The boat fires up great and once going it will stay in gear and won't die. However when it is cold or I have just been floating in the water, as soon as I just nudge it in gear, it is hard for it to stay at the correct rpm without dying. I have turned the idle up but this doesn't seem to help because once I have been going the idle is WAY to high. what is my problem?
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Luchog wrote: