78 25hp Evinrude will not start

[Grayson Mathewson]

I am trying to get my dad's boat running that has been sitting for a couple years. Why would the motor fire initially and then die and not fire again until it sits for a day?

 

[qhn]

Overheating, flooded carbs.

 

[Grayson Mathewson]

I'm going to take the carb apart and clean it real good then repost...