chartscharts
Cadet
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- Feb 28, 2018
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I have a 1990 GM305 V8 5.0L Alpha 1.
It's been about 6 weeks since I ran it, and that was just a maintenance start, and it had been about 8 weeks prior to that since it had been started. I've gotten life under control to the point where I can be boating again, so been doing some maint.
Fired it up today to run it a bit.
It was hard to start, turned fine, just didn't catch, and when it did, it didn't want to idle (stall), and had way more white/gray smoke coming out of the prop than normal. After running it for 15-20 minutes it worked great, in and out of gear, idled fine, etc....
My diagnosis is "Older engine....Hasn't been run much in the last 5 months."
But I'm hoping to learn and there's probably technical/mechanical reasons for this behavior. Does anyone know what they are?
Thanks in advance for any clues. I've learned a lot from you guys and want to keep learning!
-Charts
It's been about 6 weeks since I ran it, and that was just a maintenance start, and it had been about 8 weeks prior to that since it had been started. I've gotten life under control to the point where I can be boating again, so been doing some maint.
Fired it up today to run it a bit.
It was hard to start, turned fine, just didn't catch, and when it did, it didn't want to idle (stall), and had way more white/gray smoke coming out of the prop than normal. After running it for 15-20 minutes it worked great, in and out of gear, idled fine, etc....
My diagnosis is "Older engine....Hasn't been run much in the last 5 months."
But I'm hoping to learn and there's probably technical/mechanical reasons for this behavior. Does anyone know what they are?
Thanks in advance for any clues. I've learned a lot from you guys and want to keep learning!
-Charts