I bought a boat with a 1969 Johnson 115Hp last August. After replacing the power pack, among other things, I got the motor running and everything seemed to be great. Then a problem came up. After the boat sits for a day or so. It would flood out when trying to start the engine cold. I mean no fire at all. I would pull the plugs, change them or heat them up, hit the starter with plugs out, them put them back in and the engine would start right up. <br /><br />Someone told me then to try running the engine out of gas to kill it. We did that on the first weekend out on our fishing trip and it worked great. Back at the dock - run it out of gas(unhook the gas line) and it would always start back up cold. Worked on a 3 day fishing trip. Like clockwork, as long as you empty the carbs by unhooking the gas line, no problems. <br /><br />Question - Does this sound like the floats are stuck open and the gas tank and ball pressure is filling the cylinders with gas as it sits. Causing an automatic flood the first time you try to start it? Or the seats are the wrong size or wore out. <br /><br />Other than this problem it runs great. Idle and WOT.<br /><br />Any Ideas.<br /><br />Arlan
