Johnny Williams
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2007
- Messages
- 15
OK Long story short I had starting and running issues. Took the boat to a "mechanic", I thought, at the coast and found water in the seperator. "Cleaned" the carbs. Fine Problem solved. WRONG. Fouling the number four plug and intermidant fire on other plugs. The "mechanic" said power pack. 380.00 later (from another dealer) same thing. Brought the boat home, bad vacation, and took to local marina, they CLEANED the carbs said the engine started fine. Has always been a female dog to start. Then started backfiring. Pulled the flywheel and three of the magnets were loose and stuck together. They had an OMC kit to glue the magnets back in place. Will find out tomorrow if this is THE FIX. My question after all this rambling is, is this a common issue with these engines. Oh and by the way we were WAY lucky that no damage was dine to the stator. Thanks for your replys.
Johnny
Johnny