hagadonecp
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I recently purchased a 1969 16ft Starcraft boat. It came with a 75hp 2 stroke Outboard. I believe that it's a 1986. The first time I had it out I trailer it for about 30 minutes to the lake. We spent an hour trying to start the motor. It had gas running out of the motor and down the shaft into the water. We ended up getting it started in about an hour. It had recently had a tune up and ran fine during that time. I had a friend tell me that he uses to have to unhook his gas line from the engine when tailoring it because the pressure in the gas tanks would push gas into the engine and flood it. Since then I have unhooked it each time and it still takes about 10 minutes to get it started each time. Once it does it runs fine. I just don’t seem to get gas. I pump the bulb and use the choke a little to get it started. I am worried about flooding it. 10 minutes is better than an hour, but I’m worried about burning out the starter. Should I be unhooking the Gas line? Should I just loosen the cap on the Gas can to ensure the pressure doesn't build up? I can not guarantee that the vent valve on the gas tank was opened the first time, just worried about trying it again. It's my first boat and could use some suggestions.