Check to see if you got a load of diesel. I had that happen years ago on a
1975 Chevy 350. Station paid for drain and repairs. They had delivered the
diesel in to the regular tank. Sounds like the same performance.
Bill

"OSU" wrote in message
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Saturday night, pumped 45 gallons in, had about 1/4 when i filled
after I fill we drive home, everything seems fine

Sunday, go out for the day anchor, everythiing is fine. a few hours later
we
pull anchor and head home, open her up, cruise for a bit, open here up for
at 4400rpms, a few seconds later I notice the rpms are at 3200. let off
the
gas and try again, poor acceleration and power, only can get her up to
3500
or so. back off and check the prop, drive, open the engine compartment,
oil
is fine. Let it sit for a few mintes and give it another shot, this time
while accelerating I hear a "click click", and very porr power and
acceleration, back off and try again, same thing. Open the hatch to see if
I
can see where its comeing from and appears to be coming from the carb
area.
get her in.

yesterdat decide to empty the fuel filter inthe container pictured in my
first post, no water separated from the gas and the gas looked clear.
after
about 10 minutes I look back at the gas in the conatiner and it looks
cloudy
like the picture above.

Not sure if this is normal either but right when I dumped the fuel into
the
container it was clear and didnt separate, but i did notice some swirling
in
it. Best way to describe it is if you take a beer, put it into a glass the
put an ice cube in it you will see that transparent swirling in the beer.

so would the boat actually run on diesel? i wouldnt think it would even
start

"OSU" wrote in message
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so would the boat actually run on diesel? i wouldnt think it would even
start



Depends on how much gas was in the tanks before. My 350 Chevy van, was
about 1/3 full when I filled up, engine ran like crap, and smoked white.
Neighbors filled up both their BMW's and they did not make very far. The
Chevy only cost for the drain of the tank and refill, plus a carb rebuild.
The BMW's were about $3k apiece in complete fuel injection rebuilds.
Bill

"OSU" wrote in message
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so would the boat actually run on diesel? i wouldnt think it would even
start


If it mixed with the 1/4 tank of gas you already had.

My suggestion is to rig a temporary external fuel tank and see if it runs
properly with a fresh fuel supply. If switching gas supply fixes the
problem, then pump that stuff out and refill.

Of course, your problem then is what to do with that much bad gas.......

Rod

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:33:02 -0700, "Rod McInnis"
wrote:


"OSU" wrote in message
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so would the boat actually run on diesel? i wouldnt think it would even
start


If it mixed with the 1/4 tank of gas you already had.

My suggestion is to rig a temporary external fuel tank and see if it runs
properly with a fresh fuel supply. If switching gas supply fixes the
problem, then pump that stuff out and refill.

Of course, your problem then is what to do with that much bad gas.......

Mother in law's gas tank?

also how could i check to see if its deisel? thanks