Once the motor has run in you need to ignore what they say in the
instruction book and cut back on the amount of oil you put in the mixture.
Otherwise the plugs keep oiling up.
Apart from oiled plugs dirt in the fuel is about the only thing that will
prevent it starting when you want it.
You only need three tools and you can fix any problem without removing the
motor from the boat.
And since the water pump impeller is metal not rubber you can run it up
ashore clamped in a vice if you are really worried whether it will start
sfter being neglected all winter...
"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Edgar wrote:
Do you refer to the Seagull outboard motor here? Certainly the noise and
smell of one of those would be highly nostalgic. I have one that is more
than 50 years old but I know it will start when I want it.


My father had one of these for one of his boats. He really
liked it although it seemed a bit cantankerous at the best
of times... I could rarely get it to run, and after a while,
hated it.

Since then I've sailed with other people who have much the
same results, including two who were expert mechanics and
claimed to know these engines intimately.

Maybe the secret to getting a Br-Seagul to "run when you
want it" is to only want it when it's already running. Or
maybe all the ones I've seen have been under a curse?

DSK