Daniel Huff
New member
ok, full story is..... i took the boat out for the first time since it being winterized, it ran great! until i shut it off to fish a spot and it wouldn't start back up. i brought it home, and replaced the fuel hose that was cracked so i thought that was it because it started back up and ran great. took it back out a few days later and it wouldn't start. took it back home and replaced the fuel diaphragm and cleaned out the fuel filter. ok, it ran great, went fishing and i fished all day with it, ran to a spot, shut it off, started it back up to go to another spot, shut it off to fish. did it all day, went to start it to go home, turned the key it "popped" like a backfire, and wouldnt start. tried starting it for about 20 min, wouldnt start. about 45 min later tried to start it again ( cause i was using the trolling motor to get back to the boat launch and it was taking forever) and the damn thing started and ran great!!!!! anybody got a freakin clue as to what is going on?????? it will run great, start great and stop great, then all of a sudden it will "pop" while im turning the key to start it (again it sounds like a backfire) and it wont want to start until i do something to it. help!!!