Guys, please. Help. I can’t keep going to the lake and fighting my engine to start for at least an hour, and then finally getting on the water for a great time. I’ve had it tuned. I have new plugs. My fuel is great. I drain the carbs of excess fuel. My primer valve is clicking, so I assume it’s working. I’m exhausted. Two years of this crazy pattern.
My mechanic seems without new ideas. Here’s what I’m thinking. I think that my primer valve must be clicking, but not working, and somehow screwing things up. I have a new one all ready to install. Yes, I’ve already used the bypass valve to shoot fuel directly into the carbs, but that is sketchy. Sometimes my engine acts like it will start, but won‘t, and then I sense it’s flooded. After an hour of start, start, start, it finally catches and off I go on a great smooth ride.
I guess I could go “trial and error,” replacing the valve, etc., but in case there’s a better genius out there than my mechanic, what on earth do you suppose is going on here?
Hint. Maybe this will mislead. But when I bought the boat 28 years ago, and went to pick it up at the lake, the dealer had a mechanic from his shop right there playing with the primer valve. He said if I ever have trouble starting, just turn the red pointer up and squeeze the fuel ball. Well, that worked for the first two years.
Thanks guys. I’m not ready to throw my boat away just yet. I’m told getting rid of your boat is the first sign you’re agreeing to be old.
My mechanic seems without new ideas. Here’s what I’m thinking. I think that my primer valve must be clicking, but not working, and somehow screwing things up. I have a new one all ready to install. Yes, I’ve already used the bypass valve to shoot fuel directly into the carbs, but that is sketchy. Sometimes my engine acts like it will start, but won‘t, and then I sense it’s flooded. After an hour of start, start, start, it finally catches and off I go on a great smooth ride.
I guess I could go “trial and error,” replacing the valve, etc., but in case there’s a better genius out there than my mechanic, what on earth do you suppose is going on here?
Hint. Maybe this will mislead. But when I bought the boat 28 years ago, and went to pick it up at the lake, the dealer had a mechanic from his shop right there playing with the primer valve. He said if I ever have trouble starting, just turn the red pointer up and squeeze the fuel ball. Well, that worked for the first two years.
Thanks guys. I’m not ready to throw my boat away just yet. I’m told getting rid of your boat is the first sign you’re agreeing to be old.
