Hey guys. Used my boat the other day for the first time this year. Started it in the yard before I went to make sure all was well. Started right up and ran great. Went fishing with it. Trolled for a long time real nice. Went full throttle for a half mile and brought it back down to idle. The motor ran rough and died. Could not start it so pulled plugs since I did squeeze the bulb to check if it was hard. It was. Plugs had gas so cleaned them up and barely got it going. Trolled another couple hours and it ran great. Went full throttle again to landing and the darn thing wanted to die again when I brought it back down to idle, barely getting to the dock. What do you think? Sticky float? Will seafoam help me? Thanks for your help, Junky...........
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout.
Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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Hey guys. Used my boat the other day for the first time this year. Started it in the yard before I went to make sure all was well. Started right up and ran great. Went fishing with it. Trolled for a long time real nice. Went full throttle for a half mile and brought it back down to idle. The motor ran rough and died. Could not start it so pulled plugs since I did squeeze the bulb to check if it was hard. It was. Plugs had gas so cleaned them up and barely got it going. Trolled another couple hours and it ran great. Went full throttle again to landing and the darn thing wanted to die again when I brought it back down to idle, barely getting to the dock. What do you think? Sticky float? Will seafoam help me? Thanks for your help, Junky...........
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