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Hey everybody,
I'm new to boating, and purchased a fixer-upper about a year ago. It is a 15 foot bow-rider that a mechanic slapped an 89 Evinrude V4 110 HP outboard on. It's been finicky, to say the least, and lately I've been having power/throttle issues. My neighbor suggested my carbs and fuel injectors might be junked up due to ethanol in the gasoline, etc. Today I ran a 5 gallon jug gasoline/oil/fuel cleaner through the engine. It took about 2 1/2 hours to empty the jug while the engine idled. When it was finished, I turned the boat off, reconnected my normal gas tank, and attempted to start. Turning the key did nothing at all. If I pushed the key in, I could hear the primer click in the motor, but turning the key did not attempt to start the boat at all. Any ideas what might be causing this? Obviously it was working earlier in the day when I ran the fuel system cleaner through it. I'm a newbie at this, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
- J
I'm new to boating, and purchased a fixer-upper about a year ago. It is a 15 foot bow-rider that a mechanic slapped an 89 Evinrude V4 110 HP outboard on. It's been finicky, to say the least, and lately I've been having power/throttle issues. My neighbor suggested my carbs and fuel injectors might be junked up due to ethanol in the gasoline, etc. Today I ran a 5 gallon jug gasoline/oil/fuel cleaner through the engine. It took about 2 1/2 hours to empty the jug while the engine idled. When it was finished, I turned the boat off, reconnected my normal gas tank, and attempted to start. Turning the key did nothing at all. If I pushed the key in, I could hear the primer click in the motor, but turning the key did not attempt to start the boat at all. Any ideas what might be causing this? Obviously it was working earlier in the day when I ran the fuel system cleaner through it. I'm a newbie at this, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
- J
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