Thread: outboard issues

Originally Posted by silentscope

so after leaving it for a day or 2, the bloody thing fired up first try today....? ill go give it a kane up the river to clear it out and hopefully thats the last time it decides to do that. im thinking i may have flooded it...or something along those lines.

Hmmm, no report yet. Still paddling?

I had a similar problem with my little tidller. Turned out to be the seal on the motor fuel connector. A right pain when having my fist crack with an outboard in a blustery nor-easterly. Thank goodness for those more reliable paddles.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Hmmm, no report yet. Still paddling?

I had a similar problem with my little tidller. Turned out to be the seal on the motor fuel connector. A right pain when having my fist crack with an outboard in a blustery nor-easterly. Thank goodness for those more reliable paddles.

haha ill be making sure that its not going to happen again before i hit the sea. gonna book it into the boat doctor for a check and tune just to be sure.