steam_mill
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2002
- Messages
- 413
My old Merc is still hard to start. Has great spark and went it starts runs great!<br /><br />Here is where I'm at:<br /><br />Put outboard on back of boat for first time this year (stored properly etc. etc.). Pulled and pulled and pulled. Nothing at all. Zero. Zip. Nada.<br /><br />Pull the motor off, go to the workshed. Figure let's test for spark. Put in spark tester, pull cord. Motor starts right up with hardly a pull.<br /><br />Put motor in water bucket. Hook up gast tank. No start.<br /><br />Take motor off stand. Roll it over on the ground (yes, duplicating taking it off boat). Put on stand in bucket. STARTS RIGHT UP!<br /><br />Hook tank to it. Runs for 20 minutes, not even a sputter. Water pump pumps etc. etc.<br /><br />Stop motor. Restarts no problem. Try restarting at least 5 times, no problem.<br /><br />Disconnect fuel line. Let motor run dry. Pump the bulb. Will not start 'till I roll the motor over on the ground again.<br /><br />I've been having problems starting this motor since late last summer.<br /><br />I figure I'm flooding the engine by pumping the bulb.<br /><br />I've tried half pump of bulb, several pumps etc. Bulb does get hard.<br /><br />I'M STUMPED!!!<br /><br />Motor runs great once it is started. Idles great too.<br /><br />Any ideas. I've got SELOC, no help.<br /><br />Tx.<br /><br />Joe
