Got the boat out after winter storage. Started right up but wouldn't stay running after about 3 minutes. Pulled the flame arrestor and I should have smelled gas for as much throttle I was giving it, pulled the number one plug and it was dry as a bone. I ran out of time but I did notice that the fuel line has some dry rot, got a new one that I need to put in later this week, the other things I'm going to look at it pull the fuel line at the carb and check the filter as well as the water separtatetor filter and I'm also going to turn the engine over to see if I get any gas out of the line from the pump. My question is I have a mechanical fuel pump my thinking is I should get fuel out of the pump as I crank the engine. Is this true? If all this checks out my next step is to pull the carb and have it rebuilt. The engine is a 1988 OMC 260 4 bbl cobra out drive. It ran great last fall when I put it away. Any other suggestions would be great. I treated the fuel and fogged the cylinders when I laid it up. I'll let you know the results, but it won't be later this week as the boat is an hour away.
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