bad gas guage and motor dying...

by Mark
(Enid, Oklahoma)

87 Lund ..90 hp evinrude


I was driving boat about 3/4 throttle and it acted like it was out of gas, when i let off the throttle it came back up. It did it again while putting around and it died this time. It started right back up.
The thing about this is my gas guage is jumping all around crazy like and when the motor bogged to die at the same time both times the needle of gas guage went straight down to empty like a short and then when it came back up the motor was fine again. It sounded like a gas problem but i am thinking it has something to do with the gas guage jumping al around and shorting...
Any ideas, wishin I had a schematic...oh yeah i had about a half tank of gas
Then when I got back to ramp, I went to put it in gear and the shifter button breaks...that will be fun lookin for one of those..good ol oar