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I stuck the multimeter set up for voltage into the accessory output on my motor and found no uncle Electricity living there. Went up the cirquit with the same instrument and found nothing further up either (passed fuse and a couple of connectors).
There's a device (regulator) with a biggish heat...
Hi again.
What happens is that the motor would take a bit too many pulls to start and when it does finally catch it, it would behave as flooded for a while (blue smoke, etc). So I guess the fuel gets there but not the spark. The plugs are from this spring, I don't really know if they can go bad...
I have a 9.9 4-stroke Honda. It'd normally start fine, but all of a sudden I had to spend 20 minutes getting it to start. What happened normally is i'd start pulling the starter cable and even if it wouldn't go from the first-second pull, while i pull the starter, the green light still...
Hello, everyone.
The engine is generally healthy and what bugs me the most, has JUST been overhauled by a good mechanic, which included cleaning the carb, after which it started on 1-3 pulls and ran like magic.
Today I went fishing for the first time after not using the boat for about 3 weeks...
