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- June 18 2007 : 8:28p
| Is it struggling to keep running or is it only cranking with no signs of life?
Try squirting a little gas straight down the carb. Maybe it's not fuel vapor coming out the hole. | |
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- June 18 2007 : 8:31p
| Cranking with no signs of life.
I took off the spark arrestor and can see plenty of gas getting into the carb. I'm starting to suspect bad gas, I'm just surprised that there is nothing at all from the engine, not even a sputter. | |
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- June 18 2007 : 8:40p
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Try squirting wd 40 down the cylinders. This is a good practice to get in when starting a boat motor for the first time each spring. Sometimes a little oil will help rings seat in a motor that hasn't run in a while. If you've got fuel and spark, you've got two of the four requirments that make a motor run. The others are compression and timing. | |
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- June 18 2007 : 9:10p
| If the fuel pump was varnished up, maybe the carb is also, might be a needle and seat sticking and getting too much gas.
Also you might want to pull # one and get the piston to the top and see if the rotor is pointing in the right spot of the cap. | |
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- June 19 2007 : 10:54a
| Culator and Siberexpress are on the right track.My boat and bike have bothy done this in the psat and it was always these two culprits.Take the carb apart and gige a good once over with carb cleaner( might have to have new float bowl seats installed).As for the cylinders they will dry out over storage.....but as soon as you shoot some pre lube down the plug holes they are good to go .Have fun!!
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- June 20 2007 : 4:03p
| Have you tried a little starting fluid (ether)?
If you're getting gas, and you're getting spark, then either the spark isn't hot enough or there's way too much or too little gas.
Starting fluid will explode even with weak spark or the wrong mixture, so you can at least see if it'll fire with a little squirt into the carb before you try to start.
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devnull
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- June 20 2007 : 4:32p
| Actually, I just got it running about 30 minutes ago.
Liberal applications of Corona, Carb Cleaner, cursing and cranking got it to fire up. Runs a little rough at idle (600 RPM), and tends to stall, but does okay above 1000 RPM. I don't have a timing light, so I'll probably take it to a local shop for a final tune-up. | |
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- June 20 2007 : 4:54p
| I have a timing light that I never use sitting out in the shed.
Swing by the next time your in the neighborhood and you can borrow it for as long as you need. | |
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- June 20 2007 : 5:16p
| Thanks Mark, I might take you up on that...
I'm still going to take it to the boat place in Milford for a once-over. I grew up on inboards, so this I/O setup is a bit unfamiliar to me. I'd rather just pay for a tune-up and check-up the first time. | |
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Anyone know much about carb engines?
