I've been beating my head trying to figure this out on my own before I have to tear into the carb and what not. I figured I give some of you experts a try first, though. I bought the motor 3 years ago from a man who kept it in his garage for years after retiring it. He would pull the rope every so often to make sure it would stay unseized over time. He kept it in good shape and after pulling it out of the garage, it fired right up and I bought it.
I had an engine shop do a carb kit on it shortly after and she ran good for awhile. Problem I'm having this summer began a few weeks ago (last summer didn't run her much as I was studying for the bar exam otherwise she sat outside under a cover stagnated). Anyway, what happens is when I put it in the water initially she fires right up and I speed off to my first fishing hole. After spending maybe 30-1hr fishing, I get ready to move on to the next hole. When I try to crank her up again, I have to choke it (usually only have to choke it on initial start up then she's good to go for the day). Then, even when she starts, it wants to cut off and does quite frequently until I run a few minutes with half choke. Once it gets passed a certain point of speed, I push the choke in and she runs fine. Other thing is that she dies on her own when I come to a slow idle. It is quite frustrating and I have to do this for the remainder of my trip each time I stop to fish. I must pull that damn cord 3-4 times before I can get her to stay running on 1/4 to 1/2 choke. When it will stay running after putting it in gear and I begin picking up speed is when I can ease the choke in and she want stall.
Maybe I need to have the carb looked again. By the way, I have cleaned the gas tank and put fresh gas and oil in and put a new primer bulb and line on. Still no luck. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
I had an engine shop do a carb kit on it shortly after and she ran good for awhile. Problem I'm having this summer began a few weeks ago (last summer didn't run her much as I was studying for the bar exam otherwise she sat outside under a cover stagnated). Anyway, what happens is when I put it in the water initially she fires right up and I speed off to my first fishing hole. After spending maybe 30-1hr fishing, I get ready to move on to the next hole. When I try to crank her up again, I have to choke it (usually only have to choke it on initial start up then she's good to go for the day). Then, even when she starts, it wants to cut off and does quite frequently until I run a few minutes with half choke. Once it gets passed a certain point of speed, I push the choke in and she runs fine. Other thing is that she dies on her own when I come to a slow idle. It is quite frustrating and I have to do this for the remainder of my trip each time I stop to fish. I must pull that damn cord 3-4 times before I can get her to stay running on 1/4 to 1/2 choke. When it will stay running after putting it in gear and I begin picking up speed is when I can ease the choke in and she want stall.
Maybe I need to have the carb looked again. By the way, I have cleaned the gas tank and put fresh gas and oil in and put a new primer bulb and line on. Still no luck. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
