[Alberg30] fuel starved ?

vinegar joe snarkbuster at yahoo.com
Wed May 29 05:13:04 PDT 2002


similar problems a few years back on my albin vega gas
engine....the cause was a sticky float in carb. vj

--- SwiftLaw at aol.com wrote:
> My fellow Alberg sailors, My 1966 Atomic 4 and I set
> sail down the Chicago 
> River and waited for all 13 bridges to go up in
> order to gain access to the 
> lake. At bridge 13 the engine failed. 
> Sounded a lot like it couldn't get fuel. In neutral
> it would limp along but 
> in gear just sputtered and stalled. Intermittent but
> treacherous. 
> Today after cleaning the plugs I set out for a
> harbor tour with the engine 
> only. All was fine until I made a sharp turn and the
> engine spluttered again. 
> Ran OK again until another sharp turn then the same
> deal.  
> 
> Any ideas, ( other than install a Yanmar !). Water
> separator, bad fuel, fuel 
> filter ??
> 
> Yikes I hate the engine, but am a slave to it now.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom Swift
> Chicago
> #222
> "Terpsichore"
> 


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