Happy Monday everyone! I was able to put some time in to working on the ol' boat over the weekend. I went out and purchased 2 new batteries, and installed them. Had great voltage everywhere, so I decided to try a test fire. After pumping on the primer bulb, it never got 'hard', just kept pumping. I started to notice the smell of gas, so I took the motor cover off, and found one of the carbs leaking fuel out of the overflow (at least I think it's the overflow). In the attached picture, it was leaking from the hole between the 2 bolts, directly above the bowl drain plug. I pulled the carb off, cleaned it up, and put it back on. Instead of 'over pumping' the bulb, I just pumped it a few times, and tried a test fire. The starter sounded a lot better with all the power! She almost turned right over. Cranked the key again, and she fired up! Ran for about 2 seconds, back-fired, and stalled. After that, every time I tried to turn the motor over (2 or 3 more times), right as it wanted to start, it backfired, and shut off. So, could this be a result of the leaking carb? I've already ordered a rebuild kit for it, which should hopefully be here by Friday. But is there anything else I should be looking at in the meantime?
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08-07-2017, 06:25 AM
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