G'day all - new around here.
Here's a summary of my motor problem - hope someone can throw some light on it!
1. Motor is a 2 stroke 30hp Mercury, 2006, electric start
2. Motor was serviced 4 months ago (just after I bought it) and a couple of issues were resolved (new impeller). I was told that essentially the motor was a good one.
3. The motor starts from cold after some persistent cranking. But way more cranking (say 6 tries of 30 seconds per try)
4. Once it is started it can be started very easily. Is like this until I leave it overnight when it is back to cold and hard to start.
5. Battery is fine.
I've tried pretty much everything I can think of, short of checking the timing. For the record I've tried the following:
Checking spark
New plugs
Fresh 91 fuel that is Ethanol free (after realising I'd been using a 10% Ethanol blend)
Fresh 95 fuel (it didn't want to start AT ALL so I used a starter fluid to get it going)
Cleaning the carby with carburetor cleaner
Testing the fuel pump and checkingn the internal diaphrams
Checking the fuel filter
Raising the tank (as per a suggestion for Mariner motor thread here)
Is timing a possibility? Is it something a novice can check without too much difficulty (have a timing light)?
Here's a summary of my motor problem - hope someone can throw some light on it!
1. Motor is a 2 stroke 30hp Mercury, 2006, electric start
2. Motor was serviced 4 months ago (just after I bought it) and a couple of issues were resolved (new impeller). I was told that essentially the motor was a good one.
3. The motor starts from cold after some persistent cranking. But way more cranking (say 6 tries of 30 seconds per try)
4. Once it is started it can be started very easily. Is like this until I leave it overnight when it is back to cold and hard to start.
5. Battery is fine.
I've tried pretty much everything I can think of, short of checking the timing. For the record I've tried the following:
Checking spark
New plugs
Fresh 91 fuel that is Ethanol free (after realising I'd been using a 10% Ethanol blend)
Fresh 95 fuel (it didn't want to start AT ALL so I used a starter fluid to get it going)
Cleaning the carby with carburetor cleaner
Testing the fuel pump and checkingn the internal diaphrams
Checking the fuel filter
Raising the tank (as per a suggestion for Mariner motor thread here)
Is timing a possibility? Is it something a novice can check without too much difficulty (have a timing light)?
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