[Rhodes22-list] Yamaha 9.9 ideas needed.

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Mon Aug 18 08:00:36 EDT 2008


Rik,

Ok, I get it now, when Alice says it will only run wide open in neutral she
really means it will only run at half-throttle. Suck/Squeeze/Bang/Blow -
obviously it does the last three so there's a problem with the suck
formula.  Idle mixture screw?

Brad

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brad,
>
> My 9.9 only opens about halfway in neutral too. Always been that way. To
> be honest, I don't know what controls the stop on it. I doubt it's the
> butterfly valve. It could be the choke, but it should be obvious, when
> your messing around spraying stuff in the carb throat, if the choke is
> stuck shut, no??
>
> You don't suppose the gear shift linkage got bent or something, somehow??
>
> Rik
>
> Ayn Rand was a prophet - - it isn't my fault
>
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Hey Rik,
> >
> > This is what Alice had to say a few days ago,
> >
> > "My throttle will not go all the way in neutral, either.  Only half way
> and
> > I thought that was normal as that's all it did in forward .... until a
> few
> > days ago when it went all the way in forward!!????"
> >
> > Stuck choke or a stuck butterfly valve?
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:13 PM, ALICE WEISZ <amicw5 at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>   OK guys,  I've done things I thought I could never do... Before this
> >>   my only knowledge of a spark plug was a box seen in an auto shop.
> >>   ANYWAY,
> >>
> >>    I've removed and cleaned both spark plugs,
> >>
> >>   I've located and drained the carbeurator pan,
> >>
> >>    I've located and cleaned the fuel filters - both in the gas tank and
> >>   in the fuel line.
> >>
> >>   I've put motor cleaner through the fuel line and sprayed it
> >>   carbeurator cleaner into the carbeurator opening .
> >>
> >>    I've disconnected the fuel line twice and let the gas with additive
> >>   run out and stop the motor.
> >>
> >>   I've played with the idle set to no avail.
> >>
> >>   Still the problem persists:  NEUTRAL runs only at max throttle.  BTW
> >>   ... no problems starting the motor.   All this after only 3 weeks of
> >>   not starting the motor and some new fuel - before which it was purring
> >>   like a happy cat.
> >>
> >>   My next idea is to find the "auto choke" and see if it's stuck.  Other
> >>   than that, a local serviceman suggested that I disconnect the
> >>   carbeurator and bring it to him for service..... that one's beyond
> >>   even my limited knowledge or guts.
> >>
> >>   HELP, please!!!!
> >>
> >>   Alice
> >>   Alice
> >>       ______________________________________________________________
> >>
> >>     From: Daniel Snyder <dancsnyder at comcast.net>
> >>     Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>     To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>     Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Alice W - is your engine a Yamaha?
> >>     This may be what you need... Robert delete or filter as this posted
> >>     by Anti Marxist!
> >>     Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:09:14 -0400
> >>     Ed or Stan: Is the filter mentioned in Ed's reply recommended for
> >>     the
> >>     9.9 four stroke utilized by General Boats....and does one size fit
> >>     all?
> >>     Elton's procedure for starting it started with a few bulb squeezes,
> >>     putting the engine in gear and twisting the throttle to full a
> >>     couple of
> >>     times, putting it back in neutral and twisting the throttle about
> >>     1/4
> >>     turn (as far as it goes in neutral) and then hitting the start
> >>     button.
> >>     Mine usually starts for a few seconds than stalls....but after
> >>     repeating
> >>     the process will generally start right up....and I'm ready to go.
> >>     Sometimes I'll get a cloud of blue smoke for which clears in 10
> >>     seconds
> >>     or so. Dan in NH
> >>     Tootle wrote:
> >>     > This fuel filter is Yamaha's answer to the fuel fowling[sp]
> >>     issue:
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     http://www.sportsmansmarine.com/pages/customcatalogs/viewproductdet
> >>     ail/126/436/863/4960/1/0/1/yamaha-fueloil-systems10micron-fuelwater
> >>     -separating-filter-assembly-aluminum-head.aspx
> >>     >
> >>     > Insider Yamaha dealers are recommending its installation on all
> >>     recent
> >>     > Yamaha outboards to deal with the recurring fuel fowling[sp]
> >>     problems with
> >>     > Yamaha motors.
> >>     >
> >>     > This issue has gotten some manufactures attention?
> >>     >
> >>     > Ed K
> >>     > Greenville, SC, USA
> >>     > "Remember, not all crazy folks are locked up! Some own boats!"
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     > R22RumRunner wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     >> Thanks Ed. Great article.
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >> In a message dated 8/16/2008 4:51:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>     >> ekroposki at charter.net writes:
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/westadvisor/100
> >>     01/-1/10001
> >>     >> /Gasoline-EthanolYourBoat.htm
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
> >>     >>
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> >>     >>
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