Hello all, thank you in advance for reading this.
My problem is difficult restart after running fine, stopping to enjoy some fishing/swimming, and upon restart the engine turns over fine but restart is difficult, takes multiple attempts before it starts.
This initially happened end of last season on Havasu after running the boat hard with tubers in haul. Stopped the engine to load on tubers load off new tubers and on restart would turn over but not start. After multiple attempts it started, left her running in fear of getting stuck.
Yesterday I dropped he in the water for the first time this season. Ran excellent from one end of Big Bear Lake to the other, tied up to a buoy for about 20 min and when I tried to restart she turned over and over and after multiple (many many) attempts she started and ran fine.
I had changed the oil and spark plugs before this first run. Please let me know what this could be.
Also note that when I changed the spark plugs, plug No.3 had fuel on it, not so with 2 or 1. It was visible and smelled of fuel. The other plugs smelled of fuel but were dry. Could it be that my #3 cylinder is flooding? This restart worries me as it would really suck to get stuck out far somewhere.
My problem is difficult restart after running fine, stopping to enjoy some fishing/swimming, and upon restart the engine turns over fine but restart is difficult, takes multiple attempts before it starts.
This initially happened end of last season on Havasu after running the boat hard with tubers in haul. Stopped the engine to load on tubers load off new tubers and on restart would turn over but not start. After multiple attempts it started, left her running in fear of getting stuck.
Yesterday I dropped he in the water for the first time this season. Ran excellent from one end of Big Bear Lake to the other, tied up to a buoy for about 20 min and when I tried to restart she turned over and over and after multiple (many many) attempts she started and ran fine.
I had changed the oil and spark plugs before this first run. Please let me know what this could be.
Also note that when I changed the spark plugs, plug No.3 had fuel on it, not so with 2 or 1. It was visible and smelled of fuel. The other plugs smelled of fuel but were dry. Could it be that my #3 cylinder is flooding? This restart worries me as it would really suck to get stuck out far somewhere.