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Well I have been working on my motor for about 3 weeks now and am nearing the end towards giving up.
How it started - 1988 DT 200 suzuki sat for about 2 years. Then I purchased the boat started the engine on new fuel. Engine was not producing water. Replaced impeller and replaced sealsand lower unit oil.
Engine starts and produces water. Engine revs in neutral. Seafoamed engine. Burnt lots of carbon out. Replaced fuel with seafoam for regular fuel ran for 15 minutes and changed spark plugs.
Removed the carbs and cleaned each carb blowing out the jets and using a needle to clear of any debris. Reinstalled carbs and it ran correctly with muffs and in a bucket of water.
Replaced fuel lines to fuel filter (note I am still funning out of a 5 gallon jug of fuel). Cleaned fuel filter.
Motor will run for 20-45 minutes at a mid idle. Never once cutting off.
Put boat in water for a sea trial and once i put the engine in gear the motor shuts off.
All throughout this process it takes a good bit of time to crank the engine-which requries me to use starting fluid. Many times once I cut the engine off it is hard to crank directly afterwards.
However on Friday the 14th of June I drove the boat about 1/2 mile in gear no problems however I could not get the boat to place off or take more than 1/8th of the throttle baout 5 mph without bogging down and shutting off. At this time I could turn the key and the engine would turn right over.
My best day in 3 weeks of the motor running.
I made it back to the dock and noticed the line from the fuel filter to the fuel pump was kinked and had a small cut in it. I imediately removed the line, cut the kink out and replaced it back on the fuel filter.
So i said that fixes it. Well I cannot get the motor to start. It may start for about 1 second but cuts off immediately like it is not getting fuel.
I removed the carbs again and went through them again and nothing changed. I also set all 6 of the fuel mixture screws on the side of the carbs to 1.5 turns from lightly seated as the manual describes.
The bowl is tight with fuel and I dont seem to be losing pressure.
I have had 4 people with boats all their lives say that the starter should be turning over much quicker. So i am having the start gone through today and going to purchase a new battery tomorrow.
I need to set the timing/sync all the carbs next. But I thought setting all the fuel mixture screws to the correct setting would sync the carbs am I wrong?
If this doesn't work I am out of ideas.
1. Check the ignition system for not producing enough spark?
2. The engine is getting too much air.
Any help is appreciated before I sell the whole boat.
How it started - 1988 DT 200 suzuki sat for about 2 years. Then I purchased the boat started the engine on new fuel. Engine was not producing water. Replaced impeller and replaced sealsand lower unit oil.
Engine starts and produces water. Engine revs in neutral. Seafoamed engine. Burnt lots of carbon out. Replaced fuel with seafoam for regular fuel ran for 15 minutes and changed spark plugs.
Removed the carbs and cleaned each carb blowing out the jets and using a needle to clear of any debris. Reinstalled carbs and it ran correctly with muffs and in a bucket of water.
Replaced fuel lines to fuel filter (note I am still funning out of a 5 gallon jug of fuel). Cleaned fuel filter.
Motor will run for 20-45 minutes at a mid idle. Never once cutting off.
Put boat in water for a sea trial and once i put the engine in gear the motor shuts off.
All throughout this process it takes a good bit of time to crank the engine-which requries me to use starting fluid. Many times once I cut the engine off it is hard to crank directly afterwards.
However on Friday the 14th of June I drove the boat about 1/2 mile in gear no problems however I could not get the boat to place off or take more than 1/8th of the throttle baout 5 mph without bogging down and shutting off. At this time I could turn the key and the engine would turn right over.
My best day in 3 weeks of the motor running.
I made it back to the dock and noticed the line from the fuel filter to the fuel pump was kinked and had a small cut in it. I imediately removed the line, cut the kink out and replaced it back on the fuel filter.
So i said that fixes it. Well I cannot get the motor to start. It may start for about 1 second but cuts off immediately like it is not getting fuel.
I removed the carbs again and went through them again and nothing changed. I also set all 6 of the fuel mixture screws on the side of the carbs to 1.5 turns from lightly seated as the manual describes.
The bowl is tight with fuel and I dont seem to be losing pressure.
I have had 4 people with boats all their lives say that the starter should be turning over much quicker. So i am having the start gone through today and going to purchase a new battery tomorrow.
I need to set the timing/sync all the carbs next. But I thought setting all the fuel mixture screws to the correct setting would sync the carbs am I wrong?
If this doesn't work I am out of ideas.
1. Check the ignition system for not producing enough spark?
2. The engine is getting too much air.
Any help is appreciated before I sell the whole boat.
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