Warm start issue

[GageCrestliner]

I have a 1976 Crestliner Muskie with a 55hp Chrysler outboard motor. I am having a warm start issue. The boat will start just fine cold. I just replaced the choke solenoid and it has a new push to choke key switch as well. I changed plugs and cleaned out the carb. The problem I'm having is when I run the boat for awhile on the water and pull the throttle back into neutral to either dock or sit out on the water, the boat dies. Then I can't start it again until it cools down. It does try to turn over so there is juice in the battery and the starter is good. I can smell gas and the plug is wet when it dies. My thoughts are maybe the float is deteriorating. Someone else asked me if there was a governor and thought that could be it too. The boat doesn't have any problems when cruising across the lake. Any thoughts?

 

[roscoe]

Re: Warm start issue

another cause of z"flooding out" and not being able to restart, is a torn diaphram in the fuel pump.

If it tears, it leaks directly into the powerhead and floods it out.

Todays ethanol gas eats the older fuel pump diaphrams.

Probably should replace it as part of routine maintenance if it hasn't been done in 5 or more years.