FishinLite
Regular Contributor
My neighbor came over about a week ago and told me that his little Merc wouldn't start.
He said his son (about 40) had it out and got it to start and made a couple trips around the lake.
He want to run it dry before he put it away but couldn't get it to start.
Based on what this motor looks like it came out of the showroom yesterday.
Since it only get used once or twice a year, without even trying it, my first inclination was that it needed a good carb cleaning. He had me order a fuel pump and carb gasket set.
When the gasket showed up, I took the carb apart, probed the small hole in the venturi, and ran the carb through my ultrasonic cleaner.
The carb came out looking like it just came out of the box. Re-assembled and re-installed carb.
Set the low speed needle to 1 1/2 turns out, connected a fresh tank of mixed gas, pumped the bulb hard, set the twist handle to start, pulled the choke out, gave the rope 30 + pulls, not even a hint of life.
Pulled the plugs to check for fuel (possibly flooded) not even wet.
At this point I am at a loss.
Any insight would be appreciated, thanks
He said his son (about 40) had it out and got it to start and made a couple trips around the lake.
He want to run it dry before he put it away but couldn't get it to start.
Based on what this motor looks like it came out of the showroom yesterday.
Since it only get used once or twice a year, without even trying it, my first inclination was that it needed a good carb cleaning. He had me order a fuel pump and carb gasket set.
When the gasket showed up, I took the carb apart, probed the small hole in the venturi, and ran the carb through my ultrasonic cleaner.
The carb came out looking like it just came out of the box. Re-assembled and re-installed carb.
Set the low speed needle to 1 1/2 turns out, connected a fresh tank of mixed gas, pumped the bulb hard, set the twist handle to start, pulled the choke out, gave the rope 30 + pulls, not even a hint of life.
Pulled the plugs to check for fuel (possibly flooded) not even wet.
At this point I am at a loss.
Any insight would be appreciated, thanks