Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2010 5:56:55 GMT -6
OK so this is for all of my SeaPro buddies who have Verados or (like me) are new to them. Went out with the wife and little boy a couple of weekends ago and started engines fine. Was pulling out of the marina and the starboard engine dies. Hmmm. Never happened before. Went around in circles for a while on the port engine and tried to restart the starboard...no luck. Since it was early decided to pull into a slip in the marina and troubleshoot. Wife and boy go home (sucks). I noticed that the battery readout on my starboard engine was falling to about 8 volts when I tried to start it. That battery had been giving me trouble for about 3 months. Nothing terrible just would come down to the marina and it would be low on juice. Still started the engine fine so I didn't think much of it. Anyway first idea was the battery was failing. So I always carry a pair of jumper cables with me and hooked the "good" battery up to the bad and let it charge for about 15 minutes. Engine started up and ran for about 20 minutes at idle but wouldn't run after that. At this point I had had enough and pulled the boat and went home. Got a new battery the next day and same thing happened...boat ran for about 20 minutes and then stalled. Now I am seeing big numbers in the old bank account. I went home and went to the Verado club and there it was staring me in the face. It seems that Mercury Verado's have a problem with the fuel float getting stuck in the up position which will give you exactly the same symptoms I was seeing. Fix is to replace the fuel float. OK so I am still seeing the bank account shrinking. There was a thread on the Verado club though about doing it yourself. Now I am a pretty handy guy but have to admit that I hadn't even had the cowl off of my engines yet. Needless to say I ordered the kit and decided to replace it myself.
Part from Andy at Verado Club Parts was $95+11 shipping. It comes with a fuel float, a pressure regulator hose, and some hose clamps. Wanted to get the service manual but at $150 a pop that seemed a little high to me. Anyway I figured out how to remove the cowl (checked the oil and fuel filter while I had it removed) and then started taking off the chaps. Those are the side covers. Couldn't figure out how to get the dang things off. Finally figured out you had to take the grey back cover off. It is press fit on so you have to get a screwdriver in there and pop it off. No where in my manual does it tell you this. Anyway it is sitting right there looking you in the face. Removed the fuel reservoir and replaced the float and hose. No problem - pretty straight forward. Put it all back together and it ran great. This is definitely something you can do yourself. So if your engine runs for 15-20 minutes then the likely culprit is the fuel float.
Part from Andy at Verado Club Parts was $95+11 shipping. It comes with a fuel float, a pressure regulator hose, and some hose clamps. Wanted to get the service manual but at $150 a pop that seemed a little high to me. Anyway I figured out how to remove the cowl (checked the oil and fuel filter while I had it removed) and then started taking off the chaps. Those are the side covers. Couldn't figure out how to get the dang things off. Finally figured out you had to take the grey back cover off. It is press fit on so you have to get a screwdriver in there and pop it off. No where in my manual does it tell you this. Anyway it is sitting right there looking you in the face. Removed the fuel reservoir and replaced the float and hose. No problem - pretty straight forward. Put it all back together and it ran great. This is definitely something you can do yourself. So if your engine runs for 15-20 minutes then the likely culprit is the fuel float.
