rryanstrickland
New Member
In reponse to my "Engine bogging in and out" thread I'll put this in a new thread so more people won't have to learn the hard way as I did...
Well after lots of help from you guys and my own trial and error...I FIGURED IT OUT!
So I was on the lake Friday and I had the same problems from the left engine when I would try and go above half throttle or so. (the engine would rev up as it is supposed to and then die down to about 4K rpm, then back up, and back down....)
I decided to look at the fuel bowl filter again. There was a little bit of trash in it, but not much. So I cleaned it and put the filter back in and tightened the bowl back in place REAL TIGHT. After that it ran like a top! Haulin A$$!!! This thing will fly!
Well, I immediately thought it was the fuel filter that was clogged just a tiny bit causing the problems. The next day, (Saturday), I figured it would be a good idea to thoroughly clean both filters. When I took both of them off I realized that the "left" engine fuel bowl WAS MISSING THE O-RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This whole time it must have been sucking air into the fuel system through the fuel bowl not having an O-ring!!!
Lessen learned my friends!
Well after lots of help from you guys and my own trial and error...I FIGURED IT OUT!
So I was on the lake Friday and I had the same problems from the left engine when I would try and go above half throttle or so. (the engine would rev up as it is supposed to and then die down to about 4K rpm, then back up, and back down....)
I decided to look at the fuel bowl filter again. There was a little bit of trash in it, but not much. So I cleaned it and put the filter back in and tightened the bowl back in place REAL TIGHT. After that it ran like a top! Haulin A$$!!! This thing will fly!
Well, I immediately thought it was the fuel filter that was clogged just a tiny bit causing the problems. The next day, (Saturday), I figured it would be a good idea to thoroughly clean both filters. When I took both of them off I realized that the "left" engine fuel bowl WAS MISSING THE O-RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This whole time it must have been sucking air into the fuel system through the fuel bowl not having an O-ring!!!
Lessen learned my friends!
