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c. shears
Member
Username: bushwood
Post Number: 28
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:16 pm: | 
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This outboard ran great first season. This past summer (had been winterized, fuel ran out of carbs), would not start w/out squirting starting fluid (relentlessly) and even then, reluctant to stay running. Once I did get it to run, oil seemed to be sprayed on block from somewhere. Engine would then die, but not seized. This happened twice within a month of each incident. When it died after it ran and was warm, I then gave up on it each time.
Fuel was new when I started all of this. Plugs were clean. Any thoughts, suggestions? Why is it impossible to start and when it is started, why the oil spray and unwilling to run?
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JUST-IN-TIME
Senior Member
Username: justintime
Post Number: 7203
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 12:44 am: |
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carb is dirty |
c. shears
Member
Username: bushwood
Post Number: 29
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 10:37 am: |
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This would be great news! Would this also explain the oil spray on the block?
Thank you! |
Cliff Casavant
Advanced Member
Username: chickenfry
Post Number: 189
Registered: 05-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 11:27 am: |
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in the feature don't drain the carbs use a stabilizer and keep fuel in them as directed the smaller the amount of gas and without a stabilizer the fast is congeals gumming up the carb. |
JUST-IN-TIME
Senior Member
Username: justintime
Post Number: 7236
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 01:21 pm: |
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look at the oil lines |
c. shears
Member
Username: bushwood
Post Number: 30
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 01:23 pm: |
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Thank you. I will check out the suggestions. |
c. shears
Member
Username: bushwood
Post Number: 31
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 06:43 pm: |
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I pulled the carb and it was all gunked up. The bowl had gunk as did the float. It's all cleaned up. But now, my search for the oil spray (looks like spray on block). It appears it starts at the top of the block and leaks down on both sides. However, I don't see an oil line in the area at all or a start of a leak to give me a starting point.
Where do I go from here? Plugs are clean. Oil cooking on the block seems like a bad thing. Thoughts, suggestions? Thank you! |
JUST-IN-TIME
Senior Member
Username: justintime
Post Number: 7258
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 06:50 pm: |
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CLEAN IT UP FIRST |
c. shears
Member
Username: bushwood
Post Number: 32
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 07:09 pm: |
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Seems like one thing after another...Now that I want to look for the source of oil spray, I can not get the motor to start. I've poured gas down the throat of the carb. The engine will rev out with choke pulled and die. It's only burning off the gas I poured in the carb.
The primer bulb is hard, no visible leaks of gas internally or at connections. Some kind of lost prime?
Thank you |
JUST-IN-TIME
Senior Member
Username: justintime
Post Number: 7285
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 07:15 pm: |
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sounds like a stuck needle in the carb |
