fade2black0215
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- Aug 17, 2013
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ok so i have a 1989 omc cobra 2.3l. the boat was given to me as a gift last summer after it had sat in storage for 15 years. i had overhauled most of the engine last year and could not get it started. finally i bought a new timing belt and a second set of points and condenser and it started immediately. success. the boat started faster than my brand new truck. it was amazing. after getting it running i began work restoring other parts of the boat for about a month. i then went to finally drop the boat in the water and take it for a test ride. being an experienced boater i hooked the ears up and went to run the engine in the drive way before hooking the trailer up or anything. well the boat started right up. but the oil pressure was reading high and the engine sounded like it was being revved in neutral. my tach is the only gauge that doesn't work right now so i couldn't tell you how much the rpms were raised. since the oil pressure was running high i decided to shut the boat down. waited about a half hour and tried starting it again. it took a little while but then started. same thing. running "strong." oil pressure slightly high. so i shut it down again and started inspection and looking around the engine for what could cause this. the only thing i actually touched was my dipstick to see if maybe there was too much oil in the boat from when the oil change was done. oil was perfect. so i went to start the boat again and it would not kick over. boat cranked and cranked perfectly, but wouldn't start. the boat hasn't run since that moment back in september of 2013:grumpy:. now fast forward to now. i have changed the points and condenser 2 more times with brand new stuff. i have retimed and retimed and double checked the timing of the engine. it is perfect. i checked the compression of each cylinder, all around 135-140, good. brand new sparks plugs (again). no start. 2 mechanics have even uttered these non helpful words to me, "your engine has everything it needs to run, doesn't make sense." of course they charged for their "helpful advice." So in summary i have:
-Compression
-Timing is perfect
-brand new points and condensers gapped at .019
-I have fuel in the cylinders. (brand new fuel obviously), brand new fuel lines even bypassed the carburetor with a direct line to a gas can
-i have great spark at the plugs
how is it possible that this boat won't start all of the sudden?
-Compression
-Timing is perfect
-brand new points and condensers gapped at .019
-I have fuel in the cylinders. (brand new fuel obviously), brand new fuel lines even bypassed the carburetor with a direct line to a gas can
-i have great spark at the plugs
how is it possible that this boat won't start all of the sudden?