Could be the carburetor. I've had this issue too many times. I chose to take off the carb, break it down completely and clean it out. Moyer Marine's A4 guide is very useful.
Brian s/v Rekofa The Blue Whale 1979 C&C 34 Baltimore, MD Dr. Brian C. Morrison > On Aug 10, 2014, at 9:48 AM, "Burt Stratton via CnC-List" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Good question. I suppose it is possible but seems unlikely. The fuel pump > ought to be able to overcome that. Can you drain the trap? I would drain or > remove the trap and try it. Try a new P-trap designed for the purpose. Might > want to check the operation of your fuel pump. > > I just put my boat in the water for the first time and had a similar issue. 5 > minutes and then stall. Starts back up after a short wait but won’t run for > longer than about five minutes. Sort of ran if fully choked. Turned out to be > a broken electrical feed to my electric fuel pump. Hard to believe how long > it ran without a fuel pump! I guess gravity and vacuum will do part of the > job, even through two filters. > > Skip > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Danny > Haughey via CnC-List > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 5:38 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Ok more atomic 4 issues...dammit! > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Danny Haughey <djhaug...@juno.com> > Date: 08/09/2014 5:32 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: derlic...@gmail.com,mda...@darkstar.ca > Subject: Ok more atomic 4 issues...dammit! > > > Okay so no wind today... > > I pulled up to the gas dock, topped off water and fuel, loaded up and away we > went. Motor was running great! Fired up left dock, motored away. After > about an hour she seemed to be running out of gas. Stutter ed and stalled. > Five minutes later, after seeing sail, she started right back up. We sail > back to our home mooring. I pull the filter on the sepertator, looked clean > as the day I put it in. Then I thought, maybe the vent is plugged... well, > it wasn't plugged but it is routed with a trap and that trap was filled with > fuel. Would this have been enough to starve the engine? > > Danny > > > From my Android phone > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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