Actually before we had diassembled the engine, we had tried this, but
oddly it still wouldn't fire. This is when we checked for spark and
found it to be OK.
I still think you are right- that choke is an issue, but then what
would cause no firing with gas in the cylinder- except no spark?
Couldn't be anything else could it.





On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:56:23 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:45:08 GMT, frank1492 penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

When I tried to fire up this outboard for the first time this year, it
wouldn't start. The carburetor was disassembled and found to be
clean. All the orifices were checked and were clean. There was no
debris in the bowl at all. The choke was checked and the butterfly
was clean and worked properly. The spark was checked. Compression
seemed fine. A new plug was inserted.
After reassembly the engine was cranked and started immediately.
It ran perfectly, but was run only for a couple of minutes. After a
few hours. it was started again. All fine. A couple of hours later,
started again. All fine.
The next morning, it was cranked and wouldn't start. It has'nt
started since.
This pattern was observed once before another year.
What is happening????
(Help much appreciated!)
Frank

If you are still getting fire, I would squirt a little gas in and try
again.... I'm guessing that it is a choke issue....