Hi Everyone,
I'm having a really hard time pinpointing down why my starboard motor cranks slowly like the battery is dying, sometimes it will fire up instantly other times I will need to crank it for 10 seconds 2/3/4 times before it fires up. Once engine catches and fires up and runs great.
Port motor fires up instantly without issue.
I have searched and read over every thread and every google link there is about this issue and only one person seemed to fix their issue by cleaning their fuel injectors (or possibly replacing them, they didn't specify)
My issue is pretty aggravating and I have exhausted all my resources, I am hoping someone can chime in that's had this problem and resolved it.
I'll start by saying brand new battery so can rule this one out easily and when cranking it only drops to 11.4v (again port motor fires up instantly.
So as everyone will start by saying its he starter (it's not) I swapped starters between both motors and issue still is there, the slow cranking motor starter fires up the port engine instantly. I bought a new starter anyway and put it in the starboard motor and its still cranking slowly/hard start/long start. I then changed out the starter solenoid with a new one , same issue is there (slow cranking on the starboard motor) I swapped the leads on the solenoid to see if it was a power draw issue (same issue only this time the port motor wont even crank) Swapped the leads back port motor fires up instantly and starboard still slow to crank. Removed the fuel injectors and cleaned them with injector cleaner (triggered them with a battery) Spray pattern is good no clogs. After putting them back in, still same issue slow cranking/hard start
I swapped the fuel pump/fuel line from port to starboard to rule out fuel pressure issue and still slow to crank. swapped out the coils from the port to starboard and still same issue... slow crank/hard start/long start
Checked compression on both motors.
Starboard 145,145,145
Port 140,140,140
Compression looks spot on for these motors.
If I take the spark plugs out and crank the motor over it cranks fast like it should, once the spark plugs are back in though it's slow/hard/long start
Some times the engine will fire up instantly but 95% of the time it will not. What can I possibly be missing? I just ordered a rectifier but I highly doubt that will fix the issue. Is it possible one of the injectors is leaking causing this issue? on first start its almost like sounds like its a flooded carb that wants to start, cranks hard for a second then stops cranking. Then I have to hold the start button in for 5/10 seconds a few times until it starts.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the wall of text, this issue is driving me crazy
I'm having a really hard time pinpointing down why my starboard motor cranks slowly like the battery is dying, sometimes it will fire up instantly other times I will need to crank it for 10 seconds 2/3/4 times before it fires up. Once engine catches and fires up and runs great.
Port motor fires up instantly without issue.
I have searched and read over every thread and every google link there is about this issue and only one person seemed to fix their issue by cleaning their fuel injectors (or possibly replacing them, they didn't specify)
My issue is pretty aggravating and I have exhausted all my resources, I am hoping someone can chime in that's had this problem and resolved it.
I'll start by saying brand new battery so can rule this one out easily and when cranking it only drops to 11.4v (again port motor fires up instantly.
So as everyone will start by saying its he starter (it's not) I swapped starters between both motors and issue still is there, the slow cranking motor starter fires up the port engine instantly. I bought a new starter anyway and put it in the starboard motor and its still cranking slowly/hard start/long start. I then changed out the starter solenoid with a new one , same issue is there (slow cranking on the starboard motor) I swapped the leads on the solenoid to see if it was a power draw issue (same issue only this time the port motor wont even crank) Swapped the leads back port motor fires up instantly and starboard still slow to crank. Removed the fuel injectors and cleaned them with injector cleaner (triggered them with a battery) Spray pattern is good no clogs. After putting them back in, still same issue slow cranking/hard start
I swapped the fuel pump/fuel line from port to starboard to rule out fuel pressure issue and still slow to crank. swapped out the coils from the port to starboard and still same issue... slow crank/hard start/long start
Checked compression on both motors.
Starboard 145,145,145
Port 140,140,140
Compression looks spot on for these motors.
If I take the spark plugs out and crank the motor over it cranks fast like it should, once the spark plugs are back in though it's slow/hard/long start
Some times the engine will fire up instantly but 95% of the time it will not. What can I possibly be missing? I just ordered a rectifier but I highly doubt that will fix the issue. Is it possible one of the injectors is leaking causing this issue? on first start its almost like sounds like its a flooded carb that wants to start, cranks hard for a second then stops cranking. Then I have to hold the start button in for 5/10 seconds a few times until it starts.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the wall of text, this issue is driving me crazy
