Engine No Longer Bogging Down

[Bill Hamilton]

Just thought I would let everyone know that my engine is no longer "bogging" down. I do appreciate all the information everyone provided and I attempted almost every suggestion but to no avail. Most of them didn't hurt anyway since it was general / routine maintenance. After all my attempts it turned out to be two things. First, there was a small pin head hole in the fuel pump diaphragm, but the main reason was that three of the six cylinders were NOT getting any fuel. Carbs were a mess (200HP XR6). After a good soaking and cleaning of the carb bodies and related parts and then rebuilding with new needles, seats and gasket kits it is running like a champ. Compression on ALL cylinders are at 120psi, so I caught it before I burned the cylinders up with a lack of fuel. It was stated that with the ethanol mix that within two weeks of sitting the fuel will begin to go bad. Need to make sure that I use lots of Stabil and Quickleen with every fueling. I generally fill with 5 gallon cans of fuel instead of taking it to the pump so I don't have 50 gallons sitting in the tank at a time.



I appreciate all the responses to my inquiries a while back and things to look for (which I did do). Looking forward the the Fall and Winter schedule on the hot side and now maybe I can keep up with some of the big boys.



Thanks to all!



Bill (Uncle Billy's older good looking brother - LOL)

 

[Mini]

Good news Bill.



I think my powerhead is getting loose now. I have been seeing some speeds I havent seen yet with the new powerhead. Hit 66.7 last night with a full tournament load.

 

[Texas Transplant]

Great news. Glad your ride is running good again.



Tex

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

Mini, if I was in your tournament, I don't think it could handle the load!!:lol::lol:



Bill, glad to see you are back up and running. How's the recovery from the ER visit coming along?



TOXIC

 

[Bill Hamilton]

Tox - Thanks for asking. Back to normal if there is such a thing.

 

[Gilbert Scales2]

Bill, no one is older than Uncle Billy.



Bubby

 

[Jim in VA]

Good to hear Bill (on both the boat AND health fronts!). Looking forward to some fall/winter fishing with you.



Jim

 

[Bill Hamilton]

Bubby - Unfortunately, I am just a tad older than my namesake. But I still treat him with respect as MY elder! By the way, how old IS dirt?????

 

[Tornado]

I don't know how old all of you are but they call me dirt in my bass club. Let's just say I'm a little over 70.

 

[William H. (Bill) Barham]

Bill (Uncle Billy's older good looking brother - LOL)

Mom always did like you best! I'm happy to see your back to 'as normal' as you can get Bill..



Uncle Billy



PS.. Yes they are Bubby.....Greg Meyer is a LOT older than I am.:lol: