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[skisabeth]

I have a 2002 Utopia 205 with a 240EFI. I filled the tank at the beginning of May when it went in the water. It sat for a month and a half without being run. When you go to throttle up to come up on a plane, the engine bogs down and almost quits. And some times does. It would idel fine at the dock and going out the channel.

I have replaced the fuel water separator and I have also replaced the inline fuel filter with a smaller automotive filter; because the Merc part is on it's way and will be here in 10 days, but I want to use the boat now. I got lots of dirt out of the inline filter when I took it off so I thought my problem was fixed. BUT it is still the same. I am going to try to put a length of fule hose directly in to a fresh can of gas and hook it to a new fuel filter and give it a try to help rule out bad gas from the onboard tank.
Then if that works, I will try some dry gas in the tank and a big auxiliary fuel filter to see if I can salvage the old gas. Any other ideas?

[davidwescat]

Hi - I am having the same problem with my 2002 Utopia 205 boat. It was running fine the first day of the summer and then the second day on the way back in it started shutting off. Cranks right back up - start going - shuts off again. It will idle OK and starts right up - but just want run without shutting off intermittently. Did you have any luck with your attempts to fix your boat?

Thanks - David

I have a 2002 Utopia 205 with a 240EFI. I filled the tank at the beginning of May when it went in the water. It sat for a month and a half without being run. When you go to throttle up to come up on a plane, the engine bogs down and almost quits. And some times does. It would idel fine at the dock and going out the channel.

I have replaced the fuel water separator and I have also replaced the inline fuel filter with a smaller automotive filter; because the Merc part is on it's way and will be here in 10 days, but I want to use the boat now. I got lots of dirt out of the inline filter when I took it off so I thought my problem was fixed. BUT it is still the same. I am going to try to put a length of fule hose directly in to a fresh can of gas and hook it to a new fuel filter and give it a try to help rule out bad gas from the onboard tank.
Then if that works, I will try some dry gas in the tank and a big auxiliary fuel filter to see if I can salvage the old gas. Any other ideas?

[skisabeth]

Hi - I am having the same problem with my 2002 Utopia 205 boat. It was running fine the first day of the summer and then the second day on the way back in it started shutting off. Cranks right back up - start going - shuts off again. It will idle OK and starts right up - but just want run without shutting off intermittently. Did you have any luck with your attempts to fix your boat?

Thanks - David

David I am waiting on the new fuel filter from Merc. It shipped yesterday. When it arrives I will take the 7feet of fule hose I bought and stick it into a fresh 5 gal can of gas and see how it goes.
I will post my findings.
Scott

[rttg]

Swap out all of your spark plugs with a high end plug. I also switched to high octane gas. Try putting in a gas conditioner too, i got one at O'Riley's for $10. Also, does the boat behave the same after it is warm, I find that my boat runs much better after 5-10 min. Fuel filter is a must as well.

Hi - I am having the same problem with my 2002 Utopia 205 boat. It was running fine the first day of the summer and then the second day on the way back in it started shutting off. Cranks right back up - start going - shuts off again. It will idle OK and starts right up - but just want run without shutting off intermittently. Did you have any luck with your attempts to fix your boat?

Thanks - David