First motor issue since owning the boat for a couple months now.
Took the boat out with the family tonight. Ran around the lake a bit for maybe 15 mins. Stopped at one spot for a few mins. Motor fired back up no issue. Ran over to another spot and fished for an hour or so. Went to fire the motor back up to leave and wouldn't start. Sounded like it came close a couple times but just wouldn't fire up. Thank God I'm a fisherman and wasn't far from the dock, so the trolling motor was able to limp us back. If it died at the first spot we were at we would've been in trouble as it was quite a ways out.
Plan on troubleshooting it tomorrow in the driveway with muffs.
Only thing I changed since my last outting was the wide open throttle screw. It was in quite a ways and wasn't allowing me to reach max RPM per my service manual and adjusted it accordingly. Shouldn't have any bearing on starting though.
I am running 87 octane in this tank as my service manual said that was recommended. I ran 89 before and it did seem to run a bit better at low RPM but could just be in my head.
I did recently replace the spark plugs. They were the recommended ones from service manual but did notice the part number was different than the ones that were in there before. They were one letter off and I think they're the ones listed as "alternative" in the service manual.
Any ideas where to start with the troubleshooting?
Is it possible I flooded it? Since I havent owned the boat that long I wouldn't consider myself an expert when it comes to starting a 2 stroke, but I've become fairly confident.
Usually after running, it will fire right back up on first crank without any choke or throttle. Sometimes, if we stop to fish a while, I'll have to fuss with the choke and throttle a bit, but it's never been an issue.
Any thoughts are welcome.
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Took the boat out with the family tonight. Ran around the lake a bit for maybe 15 mins. Stopped at one spot for a few mins. Motor fired back up no issue. Ran over to another spot and fished for an hour or so. Went to fire the motor back up to leave and wouldn't start. Sounded like it came close a couple times but just wouldn't fire up. Thank God I'm a fisherman and wasn't far from the dock, so the trolling motor was able to limp us back. If it died at the first spot we were at we would've been in trouble as it was quite a ways out.
Plan on troubleshooting it tomorrow in the driveway with muffs.
Only thing I changed since my last outting was the wide open throttle screw. It was in quite a ways and wasn't allowing me to reach max RPM per my service manual and adjusted it accordingly. Shouldn't have any bearing on starting though.
I am running 87 octane in this tank as my service manual said that was recommended. I ran 89 before and it did seem to run a bit better at low RPM but could just be in my head.
I did recently replace the spark plugs. They were the recommended ones from service manual but did notice the part number was different than the ones that were in there before. They were one letter off and I think they're the ones listed as "alternative" in the service manual.
Any ideas where to start with the troubleshooting?
Is it possible I flooded it? Since I havent owned the boat that long I wouldn't consider myself an expert when it comes to starting a 2 stroke, but I've become fairly confident.
Usually after running, it will fire right back up on first crank without any choke or throttle. Sometimes, if we stop to fish a while, I'll have to fuss with the choke and throttle a bit, but it's never been an issue.
Any thoughts are welcome.
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