Bmorgan2020
New Member
I recently try bought a 2001 GTS(717 motor) that had been sitting for 6-7 years. Has been in the garage, so it’s very clean. But had been stored with trailer tongue up in the air(rear down) and i think the Injector oil ran downhill and totally filled the crankcase. I took the head off and turned it over a bunch to get all the oil out, and got it to start, when I took it to the water, it ran great for about 5-10 seconds(full power full RPMs) but then lost a lot of power. I figured it was carb related so I had the carbs rebuilt,
but it still does the same thing. Starts great. Never a problem. And idles great as well, but when you give it more than 1/4 throttle, it just will not go more than 5-7 miles an hour. Put new spark plugs in it, but that didn’t help. I read somewhere about the RV, but makes no sense that it ran so good for that short time if the RV was worn out. I’m going to check compressions tomorrow, although the cylinder walls were very smooth when I had the head off, and the pistons looked really good. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
but it still does the same thing. Starts great. Never a problem. And idles great as well, but when you give it more than 1/4 throttle, it just will not go more than 5-7 miles an hour. Put new spark plugs in it, but that didn’t help. I read somewhere about the RV, but makes no sense that it ran so good for that short time if the RV was worn out. I’m going to check compressions tomorrow, although the cylinder walls were very smooth when I had the head off, and the pistons looked really good. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!