ok -- here is the deal

was out all day sunday -- boat ran great no problems


today -- i'm down to a 1/4 tank of fuel -- take off -- get on plane running about 3000rpm -- then it just dies.

have some basic tools onboard and determine no fuel to carb.

i get towed in -- don't have a filter wrench to pull of the fuel filter -- but mess around - fill carb bowl back up (with cup of gas) -- crank her up on the hose -- boat runs fine -- let it run for about 15 minutes

put boat back in water -- dies right after getting on plane.

I'm assuming a bad/clogged fuel filter


any other things i should be looking for?


thanks

Mark

Crud in the tank? What type of fuel pump?

its a holley mechanical

Is it possible that there just isn't enough fuel in the tank ? Maybe it is sucking some air.

i'm planning on pulling the float out as well -- so i will check (gauge was reading wrong before -- i have a 60 gallon tank and have only ever put in 35 gallons -- so jo at pantera told me to remove the sender and check it


heck i guess i could be out of gas -- but i doubt it -- if my is wrong -- i should have had over a half tank of gas

i just checked the fuel filter part number at www.napaonline.com

does it make sense that it would be an oil filter ? it was # 18-7844

Happened to me and it was water in my gas.

Ran fine until the water/fuel separator filled with water, then it would only run at idle.

If I tried to get on plane it would die, but it was the angle of the boat, not the rpm.

You can easily check for water in your separator without much fuss.

water fuel separator ??? where is that ?

or is that part of the filter?

Well, on my Merc and my OMCs the water/fuel separator is on the left hand side while facing the enigines from the cockpit.

It's about the size and shape of an oil filter. It's in line between the fuel tank and the pump.

Maybe you have a different setup from me....

But you describe how my boat acted when I had water in my gas.

The actual fuel filter is really small, and goes where the fuel line meets the carb.

The big one that looks like an oil filter is probably the separator.