Quote Originally Posted by jackhammer View Post
The outboard acted up on me at Green River this weekend. It sounded funny when I started it. I floored it to get on plane and it would not get on plane. It ran like it was starving for gas. It was running very rough but would idle with no problem. I figured it may be a fouled plug, so I'm going to try that first. I have been told it could be the carbs jets stopped up. I was also told it may be a power pack. Any help would be appreciated if you can diagnose my outboard problem.
My 2000 model Vmax did the same thing but cleared up after I bought some real gas with no water in it. Fuel up with fresh new tank put a little sta-bil in it and change the water seperator filter if you have one. Do all this before you go any farther and see what happens.