Ficht fuel problem

[tshug]

I have a 1998 175hp Johnson Ficht and just launched the boat for the season. I had the motor winterized at a dealer and had the fuel filter replaced. I also added Star-Tron enzyme fuel treatment to hopefully ward off the problems we've heard about with the E10 fuel.

The problem I'm having now is that when I'm trying to throttle up its bogging down skipping and eventually stalling. It'll start right back up, but after about 5 minutes of sputtering it'll stall again. Just wondering if others have run into the same problem. I replaced the fuel filter again this weekend, but I'm still having the same problem.

Thanks for any reply's.

 

[mud runner]

It soundss like water in the fuel. Water settles to the bottom and when you throttle up it rolls to the back of the tank where your pickup is. Do you have ethanol fuel in your area? If you do,it can increase the chance of water in your fuel. Do you have a ten micron fuel/water separator? If not you should get one installed. You may also want to try E-zorb for the water in your fuel. You can get it from Boatfix.com.

http://www.mdramazon.com/ethanolfaq.htm

 

[Bob Ware]

You may have a clogged vent line on your gas tank creating a vacuum and preventing gas flow. Check to see if something decided to winter in there.

 

[Schanz]

I'm having the same problem but what I think the problem is the pick up in the bottom of the tank is clogged. I had a clogged filter AND I REPLACED IT AND IT STARTED THE SAME THING AGAIN. wHAT MY DAD THOUGHT WAS THAT THE BOAT IS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND THE FUEL FILTER CAN'T PUMP IT QUICK ENOUGH TO KEEP THE BOWL ON THE CARB FULL. AND THEN WHEN I START IT UP IT PUMPS ENOUGH IN TO START AND RUN FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES UNTIL THE BOWL RUNS OUT AGAIN.