need help .with this boat motor new to this .. thank you

daf64

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i have a johnson year 2000 60 hp outboard motor , this boat was running when it was taken out of the water. but had sat for two years , do to death in family , so i have the boat now , also the motor is a rebuilb about 3 to 4 years ago
i put all new gas an oil in the boat an tried to start an no go,
i had repalced the spark plugs , an have good spark , so i checked the fuel fiter ,when i pull the line off at the top an pumped the bulb , a lot of dirty gas or water came out , lookeded like dirty muddy water , i cleared all that an tried to start again an no go still , i pulled the plugs an they are dry afer a couple mins of trying , so i take i'm not getting fuel,,
what should i be looking at next , is it carbs? or is it fuel pump ? not sure where to go withthis next as i'm new to boating ,, any help you can give me would be great . thankyou for your time an is fuel pump an carbs hard to do .. need help
 

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Re: need help .with this boat motor new to this .. thank you

Go to the top of this forum and find the Top Secret File. Do the troubleshooting in "Outboard won't start." and/or "Awakening a sleeping outboard".

Good luck. :)
 
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