Basil D
New member
HI I recently had a couple of fishing trips ruined by an engine that wont start.
Engine started well and got to my fishing grounds and did a couple of fishing trips but after drifting for about 40 minutes it would not start, just crank n crank fired up the back up engine and had a slow drive back home.
Next day I tried to start it and it fired up first go so off I went fishing again and this time anchored up,
after a couple of hours it wouldn't start again so I thought I would check out what's happening here , it had spark and I undid the fuel line and it had fuel, bulb was soft.
next I tried to start it with the lever down at the controls and it would crank and spit with smoke coming out so I got my son to crank it while I manually opened the throttle at the engine and it started for a second or two a couple of time before it got going.
It sounds like its flooding but I not to sure, any one have an Idea.
regards Basil
Engine started well and got to my fishing grounds and did a couple of fishing trips but after drifting for about 40 minutes it would not start, just crank n crank fired up the back up engine and had a slow drive back home.
Next day I tried to start it and it fired up first go so off I went fishing again and this time anchored up,
after a couple of hours it wouldn't start again so I thought I would check out what's happening here , it had spark and I undid the fuel line and it had fuel, bulb was soft.
next I tried to start it with the lever down at the controls and it would crank and spit with smoke coming out so I got my son to crank it while I manually opened the throttle at the engine and it started for a second or two a couple of time before it got going.
It sounds like its flooding but I not to sure, any one have an Idea.
regards Basil