Monsoon acting like an old lady

[gooddog]

Frank,

You may want to check the gas tank vent line also and make sure it hasn't been stopped up or kinked somehow. That would cause a vacuum in the gas tank pretty quickly especially a higher RPMs and make the pump starve. Its easy to check.

[NorCaliBu]

Any other Sporty owners have a filter back there???

No inline filter like the one on Rlx's. I work on a couple of Rlx's every year (winterizing & dewinterizing) and I moved the inline on one (to right near the packing box) and I am going to put a spin-on on the other soon.

My Sporty has a remote mounted, spin-on fuel filter / water separator mounted on the stringer to the starboard side of the engine compartment. If your not familiar with these...they look like oil filters.

Edited May 9, 2007 by NorCaliBu

[VinRLX]

I work on a couple of Rlx's every year (winterizing & dewinterizing) and I moved the inline on one (to right near the packing box)

Excellent. Didn't realize you had this type of experience. . .why don't you take a business trip out here and relocate the inline on my boat? I'll take you skiing.

[NorCaliBu]

I work on a couple of Rlx's every year (winterizing & dewinterizing) and I moved the inline on one (to right near the packing box)

Excellent. Didn't realize you had this type of experience. . .why don't you take a business trip out here and relocate the inline on my boat? I'll take you skiing.

Send me an airline ticket and I'm there.

[VinRLX]

I work on a couple of Rlx's every year (winterizing & dewinterizing) and I moved the inline on one (to right near the packing box)

Excellent. Didn't realize you had this type of experience. . .why don't you take a business trip out here and relocate the inline on my boat? I'll take you skiing.

Send me an airline ticket and I'm there.

No, no, no. I said, "business" trip. Bill it to the man. Jerry would.

[NorCaliBu]

No, no, no. I said, "business" trip. Bill it to the man. Jerry would.

Ya, but then you'd have Jerry working on your boat. And the fuel system no less... Edited May 9, 2007 by NorCaliBu

[VinRLX]

No, no, no. I said, "business" trip. Bill it to the man. Jerry would.

Ya, but then you'd have Jerry working on your boat. And the fuel system no less...

[Frank]

I confirmed that our Sporty does not have a fuel filter between the tank and the pump, but should. Based upon suggestions, I connected a remote tank to the engine. I did this by disconnecting the fuel at the tank and splicing in a fuel line from an outboard motor with a fuel bulb. I could keep the engine running at high RPM buy manual pumping only. When I took the pump off the engine I noticed on the inlet to the pump a fine screen within the pump that was partially blocked. Because of its small diameter, it didn’t take much. After a cleaning, she was back in business. Needless to say, I will be adding an in-line filer to avoid future problems.

Hope this helps others with similar problems.

Frank

[VinRLX]

Thanks for the update. Congrats.

[electricjohn]

Put that filter in an easy to get to place so it's not a PITA to change.