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Volvo Penta 43 gl starting issues

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Calder Lewis

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"I have a 17'6" wellcr

"I have a 17'6" wellcraft excel,it is a 1998 and in pretty good shape. We have a problem though when it comes to starting. It won't start on its own free will. If I take the air dam off and pour a little gas directly into the carb however it starts like a charm.

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the boat hasn't been run in 3 years and we had to empty out the carb of the contaminated gas. everything runs normal except for starting. It won't start by itself, and then it has problems idling. I'm going to take it to the lake and try and run it for 30 min or so without stopping. if i run it at anything <2000 RPMs it works fine, but I'm worried about getting the it to shift like i need it to."
 
"when you say rebuild the carb

"when you say rebuild the carb, what does that entail, taking it completely apart and cleaning it, or buying new gaskets and stuff?"
 
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