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hard to start cold then starts easily after warm
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If it's been sitting for a while and it is cold, it is gonna be hart do start. Oil gets thick and most fuel will evaporate and leave more oil residue...cold makes the oil thick and less lubricant... till it gets warm, so it is hard to start.
Karl
Karl
Battery and grounds....
In my opinion, this is one of the dumbest ways to set these twin engine boats up. If you look over your battery and starting system, you'll notice the battery sitting beside the starboard (right) motor. The positive and ground lead off to this starter system normally. But, where your batteries wiring connects to your port (left) engine, the ground strap actually bridges off your starboard engine, usually at the front around the magneto housing.
What I would recommend you do in the future. Measure the distance between the grounding lug on the back side of the starter of that port engine to your battery. Then, go to an automotive store and buy a grounding wire with the proper lugs and run directly from your battery to your port engine for a solid ground. Of course, you'll want some tie wraps to arrange your new wire in a nice way. Also, use a larger gage grounding wire than the one you have.
This also is a problem if you have a weaker battery. The voltage drop between the battery and the engine sitting the closest has less wire to the engine. Therefore, has less drop in voltage due to resistance. So, by design, it should always be the easiest engine to start. If the battery is really strong, you really should not be able to tell much difference.
Two ways of starting. I usually tell members to start that port engine first, unless you hear the starter dragging, trying to start (this could be due to a low charge). If that's the case, start the starboard engine first. Let it run for a few minutes, then try to start the port. The only thing I have noticed about the twin engine is motor noise. Once you have one engine running, it's pretty hard to hear if you are having a starting issue or any strange sounds off the none running engine.
So, if you think you have a battery issue, take it down and load test it for free at your local Advanced Auto parts. If the battery is good, replace the way your port motor is grounded..............:cheers:
In my opinion, this is one of the dumbest ways to set these twin engine boats up. If you look over your battery and starting system, you'll notice the battery sitting beside the starboard (right) motor. The positive and ground lead off to this starter system normally. But, where your batteries wiring connects to your port (left) engine, the ground strap actually bridges off your starboard engine, usually at the front around the magneto housing.
What I would recommend you do in the future. Measure the distance between the grounding lug on the back side of the starter of that port engine to your battery. Then, go to an automotive store and buy a grounding wire with the proper lugs and run directly from your battery to your port engine for a solid ground. Of course, you'll want some tie wraps to arrange your new wire in a nice way. Also, use a larger gage grounding wire than the one you have.
This also is a problem if you have a weaker battery. The voltage drop between the battery and the engine sitting the closest has less wire to the engine. Therefore, has less drop in voltage due to resistance. So, by design, it should always be the easiest engine to start. If the battery is really strong, you really should not be able to tell much difference.
Two ways of starting. I usually tell members to start that port engine first, unless you hear the starter dragging, trying to start (this could be due to a low charge). If that's the case, start the starboard engine first. Let it run for a few minutes, then try to start the port. The only thing I have noticed about the twin engine is motor noise. Once you have one engine running, it's pretty hard to hear if you are having a starting issue or any strange sounds off the none running engine.
So, if you think you have a battery issue, take it down and load test it for free at your local Advanced Auto parts. If the battery is good, replace the way your port motor is grounded..............:cheers:
another thing i have seen on twins is the distance from the carbs to the fuel feed, some im not sure about your boat, but some the port carb is farther away from the fuel feed, takes longer to fill carbs.
also check the adjustment on your choke plates
make sure they close all the way
mud
also check the adjustment on your choke plates
make sure they close all the way
mud
Fuel system....?
This could be possible if your fuel system has been recently worked on, lines are empty of all fuel or you have a leaking check valve in your fuel pump. Once the fuel circuit has been flooded with fuel, it should always remain flooded with fuel.
I didn't apply the issues of a fuel problem because your thread start sounds like your referring to your speed in which the engine is turning over.:cheers:
This could be possible if your fuel system has been recently worked on, lines are empty of all fuel or you have a leaking check valve in your fuel pump. Once the fuel circuit has been flooded with fuel, it should always remain flooded with fuel.
I didn't apply the issues of a fuel problem because your thread start sounds like your referring to your speed in which the engine is turning over.:cheers:
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