Outboard was running great after full electrical rebuild (and gearcase), but motor died today while on LI sound. (glad i brought the kicker, as always). symtoms: plugs are dry. not fouled. good spark to both plugs. no gas.
when i squeeze the bulb, gas pours out of the carb. NOT out of the throat of the carb, but out of this hole in the front of the carb. if you know this carb, there is a hole just to the right of the low speed adjuster ,and to the left of the high speed adjuster. looking at the carb, the hole is basically right between the two carb adjustments.
at first i thought: "stuck float", but that seems wrong, since if it was the float stuck open, there be too much gas to the plugs, and not none. if float was stuck closed, no gas would flow when the bulb was squeezed. so, is this a fuel pump failure? i haven't begun to tear it down yet - i know somebody out their knows exactly whats wrong and will save me some time... don't want to pull the carb off if this is fuel pump diaphram or something... thanks in advance.
when i squeeze the bulb, gas pours out of the carb. NOT out of the throat of the carb, but out of this hole in the front of the carb. if you know this carb, there is a hole just to the right of the low speed adjuster ,and to the left of the high speed adjuster. looking at the carb, the hole is basically right between the two carb adjustments.
at first i thought: "stuck float", but that seems wrong, since if it was the float stuck open, there be too much gas to the plugs, and not none. if float was stuck closed, no gas would flow when the bulb was squeezed. so, is this a fuel pump failure? i haven't begun to tear it down yet - i know somebody out their knows exactly whats wrong and will save me some time... don't want to pull the carb off if this is fuel pump diaphram or something... thanks in advance.
