Salty87
06-11-2012, 01:07 PM
i absolutely hate when my boat won't start. most frustrating thing that can happen. even my dogs can tell they should stay away.
i haven't had time to get on the water so i've been running it on the hose periodically. ran great last month, won't fire up this month. well, last month it took a spray of starter fluid to get things going.
i have spark, timing should be close enough to start but looks like i'm getting too much fuel. while messing with it, i tried closing the butterfly valve/choke on the carb by hand. i noticed that if i looked down the carb immediately after trying to start it that fuel seemed to be dumping. i wasn't giving it any gas, just closing the choke and turning the key. is this normal? i'll try to get a video.
gonna dump the water separator for kicks when i get home. put a new one in. i know the gas isn't the freshest but i did stabilize it. my lawnmower doesn't mind it.
anyone here know their way around an edelbrock carb?
i haven't had time to get on the water so i've been running it on the hose periodically. ran great last month, won't fire up this month. well, last month it took a spray of starter fluid to get things going.
i have spark, timing should be close enough to start but looks like i'm getting too much fuel. while messing with it, i tried closing the butterfly valve/choke on the carb by hand. i noticed that if i looked down the carb immediately after trying to start it that fuel seemed to be dumping. i wasn't giving it any gas, just closing the choke and turning the key. is this normal? i'll try to get a video.
gonna dump the water separator for kicks when i get home. put a new one in. i know the gas isn't the freshest but i did stabilize it. my lawnmower doesn't mind it.
anyone here know their way around an edelbrock carb?