I'm on an island in Malaysia on a circumnavigation and need advice re a pesky starting problem for my trusty little dinghy outboard.
It had not been used for almost a year but I did spray oil into the cylinders before leaving our sailboat.
When we returned it started fine even on old but clean gas and ran fine for several weeks then suddenly it stopped. It will kick over once or twice but then refuses to run. Sometimes or most of the time it does not even kick.
I cleaned the plug and checked for spark (it sparks), cleaned the carb, flushed gasoline through the opened jet, cleaned the float seat and checked the float. All seemed clean before I did this. I even replaced the seal between the carb and the block as it had a kink in it. All to no avail. The plug stays dry. I also replaced the old gas with new gas and flushed the lines.
I then checked the wiring and the 'connectors' in the wire to the kill switch and the wire to the coil seem corroded. When I tried to separate what I thought was a connector, although I could not see a reason for a connector I found it to be something unidentifiable and wonder if it is some kind of resistor. In any case I argued that with the wire to the kill switch not connected it should still start. And it does still kick. The other wire's 'connector also looks very iffy. What is their purpose and can they be bypassed?
Can you help.
It had not been used for almost a year but I did spray oil into the cylinders before leaving our sailboat.
When we returned it started fine even on old but clean gas and ran fine for several weeks then suddenly it stopped. It will kick over once or twice but then refuses to run. Sometimes or most of the time it does not even kick.
I cleaned the plug and checked for spark (it sparks), cleaned the carb, flushed gasoline through the opened jet, cleaned the float seat and checked the float. All seemed clean before I did this. I even replaced the seal between the carb and the block as it had a kink in it. All to no avail. The plug stays dry. I also replaced the old gas with new gas and flushed the lines.
I then checked the wiring and the 'connectors' in the wire to the kill switch and the wire to the coil seem corroded. When I tried to separate what I thought was a connector, although I could not see a reason for a connector I found it to be something unidentifiable and wonder if it is some kind of resistor. In any case I argued that with the wire to the kill switch not connected it should still start. And it does still kick. The other wire's 'connector also looks very iffy. What is their purpose and can they be bypassed?
Can you help.