soulshine Tahoe
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Hi... I am new to the forum and I am hoping someone can help us... I just bought a 4 stroke 4 hp 202 nissan for my sailboat and I cannot get the thing started! Actually, I can if I squirt starter fluid into the intake.
This outboard was used for a few years, then the guy had it tuned up and stored for a year and a half. We have done the following, yet the thing still won't start on it's own unless we use starter fluid... but even then only runs for a couple of seconds and dies.
We have taken off carb and cleaned it.. everything in the engine looks clean. We have taken off the fuel filter and it looks fine... blew trhough it... totally free of obstructions.
The spark plug gets wet when we choke it.
We have tried choke on, choke off, throttle up, down, pretty much every scenario we can think of. The gas (internal tank os to the "on" position, we are perplexed and really want to go sailing! Any ideas? anyone? Thank you!
This outboard was used for a few years, then the guy had it tuned up and stored for a year and a half. We have done the following, yet the thing still won't start on it's own unless we use starter fluid... but even then only runs for a couple of seconds and dies.
We have taken off carb and cleaned it.. everything in the engine looks clean. We have taken off the fuel filter and it looks fine... blew trhough it... totally free of obstructions.
The spark plug gets wet when we choke it.
We have tried choke on, choke off, throttle up, down, pretty much every scenario we can think of. The gas (internal tank os to the "on" position, we are perplexed and really want to go sailing! Any ideas? anyone? Thank you!