I'll try to give the cliff notes.
a few weeks ago, ran out of gas so I switched to the other tank which has its own line. it never started. I had to pour the fuel from the "bad" tank to the good one. Fired right up.
Got home and made sure everything was good. I could get fuel to spray out of the connection and everything.
Went out today. Fired up like normal. Got out to a spot and decided to test out the other tank again. Once again nothing. Except now, the other (good one) couldnt even get it to start. Someone thankfully towed us in (took about 30 minutes). Once at the dock, I tried it again. and it fired up.
Went to a different lake, got it in the water, it fired up. We ran a few laps and anchored to fish. After about 30 minutes I went to start it and nothing again. (the good tank) So here is where I'm at.
-Both lines have good pressure.
-Both have new gas
-Good battery life
While cranking, it just didnt sound right. Not broken, but when it would normally crank (and fire) it had a different tone to it.
Any ideas? I know I should test spark, but it seems to be intermittent. How do I go about it so that I can do it without the motor running. I have a spark tester with a "window". What should I do about checking fuel?
Many years ago the previous owner had everything swapped out so that it ran a fuel pump and you had to premix (instead of that VRO or whatever evinrudes of this year used) It always ran and started up great up until I tried switching the fuel line the very first time.
a few weeks ago, ran out of gas so I switched to the other tank which has its own line. it never started. I had to pour the fuel from the "bad" tank to the good one. Fired right up.
Got home and made sure everything was good. I could get fuel to spray out of the connection and everything.
Went out today. Fired up like normal. Got out to a spot and decided to test out the other tank again. Once again nothing. Except now, the other (good one) couldnt even get it to start. Someone thankfully towed us in (took about 30 minutes). Once at the dock, I tried it again. and it fired up.
Went to a different lake, got it in the water, it fired up. We ran a few laps and anchored to fish. After about 30 minutes I went to start it and nothing again. (the good tank) So here is where I'm at.
-Both lines have good pressure.
-Both have new gas
-Good battery life
While cranking, it just didnt sound right. Not broken, but when it would normally crank (and fire) it had a different tone to it.
Any ideas? I know I should test spark, but it seems to be intermittent. How do I go about it so that I can do it without the motor running. I have a spark tester with a "window". What should I do about checking fuel?
Many years ago the previous owner had everything swapped out so that it ran a fuel pump and you had to premix (instead of that VRO or whatever evinrudes of this year used) It always ran and started up great up until I tried switching the fuel line the very first time.