oldslowandugly
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Messages
- 98
My '85 Evinrude 30 hp suddenly quit running the other day. Plugs were wet so I swapped in new ones. Still no start. Then I noticed gas was dribbling out the carb throat as it cranked, like as if for every pulse of the fuel pump. Flooding. Luckily my friend was nearby and he towed me in. I rebuilt the carb but it was clean, no crud, no debris, no gum, and it runs fine again. But in retrospect I was wondering what I could have done to fix it right there on the water? There is no bowl drain except for the main jet plug. If I could have drained it, perhaps the float would have dropped, pulling the needle clear, and fresh gas maybe would have flushed whatever was holding the needle open, out. Any thoughts?