camdunning
Veteran Member
Hey TF,
Another question to run by the collective genius of this forum. I have an older dinghy with a 9hp 4 stroke motor. Both came with the boat when I bought it last year. The dinghy had been sitting for a while, so the girlfriend and I took it out for a spin late one night to get the fluids moving around. It started up and cruised along just fine at first, but after cruising around for a bit we managed to stall out going over a medium sized swell just a little bit too fast. We got it started back up again, but ever since then the outboard won't go past idle. Now when I start it up it will hit a rough idle, but if I give it any gas at all the whole thing just dies on me.
Any thoughts on what might be causing this? The fuel line looks like its letting gas through alright (although I'm not 100% sure on this) and I can't see anything else amiss based on a visual inspection. Seems like its probably a fuel or air delivery issue, but not sure how to narrow it down beyond that. The only fuel filter it has is a little screen fitting attached to the bottom of the intake tube in the gas tank, and it looks clean. Any thoughts or diagnostic tips greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Another question to run by the collective genius of this forum. I have an older dinghy with a 9hp 4 stroke motor. Both came with the boat when I bought it last year. The dinghy had been sitting for a while, so the girlfriend and I took it out for a spin late one night to get the fluids moving around. It started up and cruised along just fine at first, but after cruising around for a bit we managed to stall out going over a medium sized swell just a little bit too fast. We got it started back up again, but ever since then the outboard won't go past idle. Now when I start it up it will hit a rough idle, but if I give it any gas at all the whole thing just dies on me.
Any thoughts on what might be causing this? The fuel line looks like its letting gas through alright (although I'm not 100% sure on this) and I can't see anything else amiss based on a visual inspection. Seems like its probably a fuel or air delivery issue, but not sure how to narrow it down beyond that. The only fuel filter it has is a little screen fitting attached to the bottom of the intake tube in the gas tank, and it looks clean. Any thoughts or diagnostic tips greatly appreciated.
Thanks!