[nodoubt]

ran out of gas last night at the lake...switched to my front tank and think it had some water in it...boat would start but ran real rough not able to plane..now it wont even fire off...plugs look to have small droplets of water on them...will it hurt to leave the plugs out of the heads and let it dry out ?? will the same plugs be ok when dryed out ? any suggestions ?

[cat man]

fog that motor asap, with plugs out.

drain carbs, and inspect them carefully

change water sep, if you have one

clear your fuel line

run the motor after on fresh, clean fuel

if you add oil to your fuel, or oil injected, make sure it's good quality.

water and engines don't mix

[mbb]

RACOR

[nodoubt]

already got a RACOR mmb....thanks.....what should i fog it with and how cat man.....its a yam 250...are the carbs hard to take apart ? should i get new plugs ? thanks

[the other tom]

1) drain the racor
2) drain the separator/filter on the engine block (port side, just aft of the fuel pumps)
3) drain all the fuel lines
4) take off the fuel pumps (all three) and either replace, or attempt to dry (split them open) Most mech's will not rebuild fuel pumps, once water has entered the system. You will see the droplets on the diaphram membranes.
5) if this is a carb motor, then rebuild carbs, split and dry & get all the water droplets out.
6) throw away those plugs
7 pray, and pray some more that you have caught it in time - water (especially salt) will trash the inards if let sit - I mean, how long does it take rust to form?....fog it yesterday...

[nodoubt]

what do i fog it with and hows the best way?

[Mashed Potatoesn Grady]

As far as fogging Yama makes a fogging spray - pull the silencer cover and follow directions on can for the direct spray time into each of the six 'throats'on your 250. Merc and others make a fogging oil/spray as well...

You'll need to do this in water or have LARGE muffs for your 250. If you use muffs pull the prop off. BTW It is loud w/o cover on. Please check your yama owners manual for addl info vis a vis water/gas........

[Thom]

I tend to be pretty calm about some things.

OK, beg, borrow, steal, or buy a 6 gallon tank. Fill it with good new fresh fuel. Clean out your Racor. Now, take the fuel lines off of each carb. After that, and with your fresh new tank hooked up, start pumping on the primer bulb until you've pumped about 2 gallons of fuel out through those fuel lines. Now, remove the main jet carriers from each of your carbs and, nasty as it tastes and all that, blow them out by mouth and reinstall. After all that hook up your clean tank and go out and run the boat until you've run 10 or 20 gallons of clean fuel out of it. Don't worry so much but don't let it set either. You haven't hurt anything and its just a matter of cleaning it out.

Thom

"I command thee, O fish of the ocean, rise to my bait"

[nodoubt]

thom.....your words are better than a bottle of sleeping pills tonight my friend...just got in from draining the bowls and the three pumps on the side best i could....got dark on me so ill try what u said tommorrow after work....dang....these guys bout scared the whiz out of me ! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]..... was already thinking bout how i was gonna afford that new motor... are the jet carriers not the drain plugs i took out tonight to drain the bowls ??? i know water aint a good thing but sounds like my motor might live after all...thanks again......