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1987 American Skier
Ford 302 with a holly 4 barrel carb.
Mallory ignition
Well, I just got off the lake for the second time with a broken boat. The first time, it acted as if I had run her out of gas even though I was showing a quarter of a tank of gas. I filled her up on the way home and she started fine in the driveway. When I was out today, she initially started fine, but a little rough. After I revved it up a little it ran perfect. Once the engine gets warm while pulling the first wakeboarder, it dies when I go back to idle to pick them up. It is un-savable. I tried to catch it as it was dieing, but I am unable to. It dies even though I am giving it gas. I even tried bringing the RPMs down slowly to about 1300, but she kept falling no matter what I did. I am unable to start it until it cools down, and then it runs fine (especially at high speeds) until it heats back up again. I went through this cycle 4 times this evening. Does this sound like a carburetor issue? I had it rebuilt 2 years ago and I have never had a problem. I am definitely getting gas in the carburetor, so that is not the issue. When it is working it is running quite rich, and the back side of the butterfly valve is sootier than normal. I’m stuck. The coil appears to be getting hotter than I remember, but I have never really felt it after I was done running it for a while.
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