Boat has set for a while. Got it out. Starter works. Compression good and almost same in each cylinder. Fairly new plugs.
Tried to start and could not get it to run. Ended up changing the floats in each carb (top carb float was saturated, floats have never been changed). Checked bowl screens and everything looks OK. Had a crappy connection on fuel line at the tank end. Replaced and no fuel/air leaking. Checked fuel pumps and the appear to be in good condition.
Added seafoam to gas and oil mixture. I used high octane gas, but old oil (seemed to be OK, but I'll get new oil tomorrow).
Spent quite a while trying to start. Good pressure on bulb. Finally got it to start and rev up fast using warm start leaver, choke then release. Would rev up then stop.
Kept messing around and finally got it to crank using no warm start lever, choke the release. Very inconsistent. When it was running, I would have to keep squeezing bulb fir most of the time. It would run for a little while (20 second) and I could keep it running but hitting the choke for a second or two. Repeated it numerous times and had it running for a minute or so. Could even put it in gear and rev it up a little more, but nothing consistent.
What should I look at next??????
Tried to start and could not get it to run. Ended up changing the floats in each carb (top carb float was saturated, floats have never been changed). Checked bowl screens and everything looks OK. Had a crappy connection on fuel line at the tank end. Replaced and no fuel/air leaking. Checked fuel pumps and the appear to be in good condition.
Added seafoam to gas and oil mixture. I used high octane gas, but old oil (seemed to be OK, but I'll get new oil tomorrow).
Spent quite a while trying to start. Good pressure on bulb. Finally got it to start and rev up fast using warm start leaver, choke then release. Would rev up then stop.
Kept messing around and finally got it to crank using no warm start lever, choke the release. Very inconsistent. When it was running, I would have to keep squeezing bulb fir most of the time. It would run for a little while (20 second) and I could keep it running but hitting the choke for a second or two. Repeated it numerous times and had it running for a minute or so. Could even put it in gear and rev it up a little more, but nothing consistent.
What should I look at next??????
