My Verado’s performance has declined over the past few outings. It has struggled as it accelerated. I ran all of the old gas out and put some fresh gas in hoping that would remedy the problem.
It now is vibrating more, sounds different (kind of like a v-twin motorcycle at low rpms) and won’t accelerate smoothly. The most concerning issue is that it will only reach 4200 rpm at WOT. It will get to 5200 fully trimmed out. It does run pretty smoothly, but normally I am able to reach 5800 RPMs at WOT and 6250 fully trimmed.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
sandlapper1977
One of the pencil coils could have a tiny crack in the casing causing it to arc. Just had the exact same thing happen on a customers boat. If that is what it is, it needs to be hooked up to computer to be checked
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Bizarre. A pencil coil would have been one of my last guesses. Thanks!
coil or fuel restriction, but without complete diagnostic its all guessing
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Is it safe to operate the outboard assuming its one of those two conditions?
its NEVER a good idea to operate any motor when you know something is wrong with it.
especially if its a fuel restriction
when engines run lean, they run hotter than normal sometimes in a very small area like the top of a piston, and you could easily burn a hole in a piston and end up with thousands of dollars in repairs
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