CrunchyCrowe
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Hello, all. New to this forum and sorta new to boat engines.
So I have a 1982 3.0 Mercruiser 140hp. I'm having issues with my carburetor not giving fuel to my engine at all! When removing the line from the carb and cranking, fuel will spurt out, so I know the pump is working as it should and giving fuel, but when it comes to the carburetor, it's just not spraying any fuel at all. The reservoir will fill with fuel (I know this because every time I I disassembled it, the reservoir had gas in it), but the jets won't give any. My engine is literally starved.
Currently, I've been trying to remedy this for two weeks now, and I've probably broken the carburetor down 7 or 8 times. I even went ahead and did an entire rebuild kit, and still nothing! I've soaked everything with carb cleaner, taken an old toothbrush to clean everything, and even a small wire brush.
Side note: Other things I've done to the boat are: Fresh oil and oil filter change, dropped the gas to E, then refilled with about 6-7 gallons of fresh gas, new fuel filter for the pump, drained the lower unit oil, changed the impeller and all the gaskets, added new lower gear oil, new spark plugs, a new ignition coil and a new alternator.
The rebuild kit is the most recent maintenance I've done and I'm about to throw this carb over a cliff.
So I have a 1982 3.0 Mercruiser 140hp. I'm having issues with my carburetor not giving fuel to my engine at all! When removing the line from the carb and cranking, fuel will spurt out, so I know the pump is working as it should and giving fuel, but when it comes to the carburetor, it's just not spraying any fuel at all. The reservoir will fill with fuel (I know this because every time I I disassembled it, the reservoir had gas in it), but the jets won't give any. My engine is literally starved.
Currently, I've been trying to remedy this for two weeks now, and I've probably broken the carburetor down 7 or 8 times. I even went ahead and did an entire rebuild kit, and still nothing! I've soaked everything with carb cleaner, taken an old toothbrush to clean everything, and even a small wire brush.
Side note: Other things I've done to the boat are: Fresh oil and oil filter change, dropped the gas to E, then refilled with about 6-7 gallons of fresh gas, new fuel filter for the pump, drained the lower unit oil, changed the impeller and all the gaskets, added new lower gear oil, new spark plugs, a new ignition coil and a new alternator.
The rebuild kit is the most recent maintenance I've done and I'm about to throw this carb over a cliff.