I have a 98 40hp Ser# OE333447, bought it 4 months ago,and have had her out aleast 6-7 times trouble free. Yesterday i took her out with the family on board (21 ft pontoon). She gave a little trouble starting, (start idle die) (start idle a little longer die) ect. until she kept running, then we where off after approx. 20 min i throtled back to wait for draw bridge and she stalled coming off high rpm to idle position.It would start/die but not run,batt was very low and would only crank 3 tries to restart. We got a tow<br />I have checked/ changed:<br />Battery to MarineMax x2<br /><br />Plugs to NGK Bottom cyl was fouled. both fire now checked with light type indicator<br /><br />Carb had leak, due to inlet valve -replaced reset float to spec<br /><br />Checked idle sync, roller appears in sync<br /><br />I did find Stator resistance high according to Clymer manual (500-600 ohms)mine is 735<br /><br />She will barley start sound very lazy and will die almost imediately ( warmer the motor faster she quits) untill finally no start.<br /><br />I was reading the forum and recall someone mentioning that the stator was ok at 825 ohms???<br /><br />Can anyone advise me on the next best course of action?<br /><br />Thanks
