JR,

I was thinking about this as well. I discounted though after it took me so
long to start after we ran - I was getting plenty of gas in the carb. This
is what made me think about ignition.


"JR North" wrote in message
...
Classic mechanical fuel pump failure problem. Did it to me
,too. Finally solved it by replacing the pump.
JR

Black-n-Gold wrote:

My engine is a 350 Volvo. Thought I had a bad fuel vent as I was losing
top
end power after running for 5 minutes. Changed vents and went out
again.
Same symptoms, run on step at 3500 rpm for 5 minutes then the rpm's drop
down to 2500 and it seems to run fine. I stopped and checked the
anti-siphon valve and fuel filter. After siting for 5 minutes cranked
it up
to 3500 and it ran for maybe 30 seconds then dropped right down to 2500
or
so. No chugging, just slowly drops the rpm's like your backing down the
throttle. We stopped and trolled for a few hours - 2 king salmon and
two
coho - then went to head back. This time it took several minutes to
start
the main. After starting it would max out at the 2500 or so range.
while
back in the harbor at idle it was running very rough and died just
before we
docked and would not start agin.. I'm wondering if I have a bad coil?
I
was going to start there and change the ingitor and resistor as well.
These
were replaced 3 years ago. Where else should I look? New Carb and Fuel
pump last year - only have 40 hours on each. New plugs and plug wires
as
well? Thanks in advance.

linus

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