2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

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b1pig
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2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

#1 Post by b1pig » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:17 pm

Anyone have any experience with the Sun Trackers from 2015-ish up?

I think I have a fuel delivery issue on ours. Mercury 60 ELPT. Will not reach max RPM under load. Its been getting worse the last few trips. If I let it idle, I can quickly roll on the throttle and it will run up to 5200-ish, but it will fall off at random rates. Sometimes it falls off right away, other times it will hold on for a while, but will eventually fall off to about 4500-4800 RPM.

The fuel filter on the side of the engine seems clean.
The engine runs great otherwise.

I replaced the throttle and shift cables, but I was already having trouble with the power issues.
Aside from that, there have been no other changes.
Historically, our engine sees 5500-5600 RPM at WOT going straight no matter the load.

Thinking I'm going to pull the fuel line off and replace it this weekend. Other than that, I have no idea if there is something else in the tank that might be contributing.

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Re: 2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

#2 Post by STEVEBRENDA » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:16 pm

I would run heavy doses of SeaFoam thru the engine before I touched anything.
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Re: 2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

#3 Post by b1pig » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:35 am

Well.

Its not a fuel filter issue. I removed the ball pump and the line it came with. That line has an inner sleeve and it was separated from the hose itself. I replaced it with same size fuel line, and it didn't help at all. Tested it this morning. 4200 RPM max and its getting worse. Now it runs rough for a few moments.

Learning to work on this thing is difficult. Seems like there is NO information out here on the web.

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Re: 2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

#4 Post by vlxerdon » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:44 am

Sounds like you may have some debris in the carburetor. If the hose you replaced was separating on the inside , I would bet on something in the carb.
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Re: 2016 Sun Tracker question(s)

#5 Post by Motor7 » Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:45 am

Looks like it's FI...no carb so it should have two built-in fuel filters to check/replace.
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