Started and ran the boat on the muffs after uncovering it for the year. Performed some maintenance, adjusted the throttle position sensor, synched the butterfly valves, changed the plugs. Splashed the boat a week ago Sunday. RAN LIKE S&^%. Couldn't get above ~2700 RPM. Changed the fuel bulb (which was suspect). Now got to 4000. WTF?!?!!?
Thought maybe a fuel line issue. Brought it home, inspected the entire fuel system. Cleaned my VST filter/tank, which was near perfect anyway. Started it up in a barrel, still sounded a TINY BIT rough, not enough to concern me normally, but enough to give me concern after it not running right. After a long multi day process of ruling out almost everything..... found #2 and #4 cylinders were not firing. I am guessing 2 bad coils. As an why the hell not? i swapped plugs on the #1 #2 cylinders.... now 2 was firing, 1 was not.
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believe it or not... TWO! not ONE but TWO! of my brand new NGK sparkplugs were bad. WTF!?!?!?!!?!? I've never had ONE defective plug in my life. Now I have TWO!?!?!?!!? Replaced them and everything seems AOK. Lots of agonizing over $6 in parts.
again WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I have to admit.... After all this I thought to myself, "Clammer isn't all crazy after all. He wouldn't have done a thing and would be right as rain..." I thinks he knows more than we give him credit for!
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