View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Butch Davis Butch Davis is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
Posts: 102
Default Following Sea Motion Causes Engine to Nearly Die

If the fuel pickup in your tank is in the aftermost part... likely, and the
fuel level is low, when a following sea comes up your behind it causes the
transom to be much higher than normal and the bow to be much lower than
normal. This could cause a momentary fuel starvation event due to attitude,
no?

Butch
"frank1492" wrote in message
...
With each "push" of a choppy following sea, the Chevy V6 in my 22'
Grady White I/O seems to want to die. This also happens when the
boat gets into any kind of a repetitive wave pattern. It is as if
something cuts off the fuel supply as the boat surges forward, and
restores it as it goes up the crest of the next wave. (Something in
the fuel tank perhaps?)
If it isn't something in the tank, where else would I look? What-
ever, it is definitely a function of up-and-down hull motion.
Your help is much appreciated! Thank you!
Frank