I recently bought a center console with an 88 Special and the place I bought the boat said that it ran fine on a test tank. I tried to fire it up after taking care of a number of other issues and it would catch, sputter and die.
I pulled the sending unit back off and pumped the tank out and sure enough there was crud and water in the bottom . . . got 99% out and will use Sea Foam to clean the rest out when I refill the tank with good gas today. The boat likely was not used in at least a year so that was what was in the tank
Questions on getting her running . . . . .
1) I do not see a fuel filter on the engine . . . . . is there one I am not seeing?
2) Since the marina said it ran on the test tank and I tried to run it from the crap that was in the tank, any thoughts on if I did any "damage" with using the unknown age fuel to try to start it?
As far as starting, I:
1) Took the throttle out of gear to the outward position and gave it some movement upwards
2) Pressed the key in for choking it a few times and returned to the outward position
3) Cranked it
Before another attempt to start it I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions to avoid creating a bigger problem in the carbs.
Thanks in advance
I pulled the sending unit back off and pumped the tank out and sure enough there was crud and water in the bottom . . . got 99% out and will use Sea Foam to clean the rest out when I refill the tank with good gas today. The boat likely was not used in at least a year so that was what was in the tank
Questions on getting her running . . . . .
1) I do not see a fuel filter on the engine . . . . . is there one I am not seeing?
2) Since the marina said it ran on the test tank and I tried to run it from the crap that was in the tank, any thoughts on if I did any "damage" with using the unknown age fuel to try to start it?
As far as starting, I:
1) Took the throttle out of gear to the outward position and gave it some movement upwards
2) Pressed the key in for choking it a few times and returned to the outward position
3) Cranked it
Before another attempt to start it I wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions to avoid creating a bigger problem in the carbs.
Thanks in advance