Dlgriffith
New member
I'll start from the beginning.
Just bought my first boat, bayliner capri with Force 120 outboard. Started fine when I bought it, and I took it out Saturday and it ran fine all day other than a little smoke here and there. I went to take it out the following Sunday and it wouldn't start to save my life. It'll crank all day but no evidence it's ever going to pop. I messed with it all weekend and still nada. I have replaced plugs,battery, a few fuel lines, cleaned carbs, made sure flywheel keyway was still in place, bypassed kill switch to make sure that's not an issue. Checked compression (120‐130 on all cylinders), it has spark, it's getting fuel, but won't pop. I'm at the point now thinking spark may not be strong enough so new stator will be here tomorrow, but running great one day and not at all the next also has me thinking a secondary safety but that contradicts me getting spark. I'm almost at a loss. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Just bought my first boat, bayliner capri with Force 120 outboard. Started fine when I bought it, and I took it out Saturday and it ran fine all day other than a little smoke here and there. I went to take it out the following Sunday and it wouldn't start to save my life. It'll crank all day but no evidence it's ever going to pop. I messed with it all weekend and still nada. I have replaced plugs,battery, a few fuel lines, cleaned carbs, made sure flywheel keyway was still in place, bypassed kill switch to make sure that's not an issue. Checked compression (120‐130 on all cylinders), it has spark, it's getting fuel, but won't pop. I'm at the point now thinking spark may not be strong enough so new stator will be here tomorrow, but running great one day and not at all the next also has me thinking a secondary safety but that contradicts me getting spark. I'm almost at a loss. Any advice is greatly appreciated.