First let me say I was so excited to find this forum as I am a new boat owner and need lots of help. The motor on the boat ran fine on the hose when the previous owner demontrated and I tried yesterday to run it yesterday on the hose and all was well again. Today I took the boat on the water and I pumped the ball to prime then pushed the choke on the key a few times and attempted to start. With no luck I continued pumping and choking then realized the power to the motor was off I then changed the switch and it started up. Once it started it had smoke coming from under the cover and was dumping out a good deal of oil/gas out of some small holes on the back top of the motor. It sounded terrible and I decided to cut it off. Later after talking to a friend he said maybe I just flooded it but it would not start later. Did I maybe foul the plugs or something>? I am new so any help would be great. I am trying to decide if I need to take it to a repair shop as I am trying to go this weekend camping. I just didn't know why it was dumping out so much gas/oil. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.