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Ben
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Initially Posted - 08/09/2006 :  13:11:26  Show Profile
Hi folks,

This is for a friend of mine. She is the new owner of a 1990 Capri 18 with a 4 hp Mariner engine. The boat sat unused in a barn, literally, for ten years. Now the engine won't run without spraying some starting fluid into it. Any ideas on how to fix this? We're taking her boat to the Harvest Moon Regatta at Atwood Lake in September, so need to get the engine working soon.

I'm leery of taking it to a "professional" because of past experience, and if it's a simple fix I'd rather we did it ourselves.

Thanks!
Ben
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djn
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Response Posted - 08/09/2006 :  14:42:11  Show Profile
I'd take the carb of and soak it is thinner for a couple hours. If you have the knowhow, you could order the rebuild kit and rebuild the carb. It sounds like the gas turned to varnish. Cheers.
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frankr
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Response Posted - 08/09/2006 :  14:47:30  Show Profile
Q1. does it run after starting with the started fluid or does it die?
If it dies -- the carborator is probably clogged up with evaporated gasoline deposits and needs cleaned out/rebuilt. take it apart take all the setting screws out and clean the gook off of them. Is it getting fuel into the fuel bowl or diaphram area? If not then the fuel line/strainer could be clogged - will gas run out of the fuel line if it is detached from the carborator??
If it runs then it could be the choke - is it attached?
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Turk
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Response Posted - 08/09/2006 :  20:23:55  Show Profile  Visit Turk's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ben</i>
<br />Hi folks,

We're taking her boat to the Harvest Moon Regatta at Atwood Lake in September, so need to get the engine working soon.

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Hi Ben

Hey, I'm from Canfield, Ohio and we go to the Lighthouse Bistro at Atwood all the time. What is the regatta all about and when is it? How about a little info?
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Ben
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Response Posted - 08/10/2006 :  07:03:02  Show Profile
http://www.atwoodyc.com/2006%20Harvest%20Moon.pdf

Turk, the link above will tell you about the Harvest Moon Regatta, and you can also go to the Atwood Lake Yacht Club website fromt that link, I think.

To answer some other questions, it is my understanding that the engine dies once the starting fluid is taken out of the equation. This may be a little above me and the engine's owner. Any idea on what something like this would cost?

The "broker" for the boat, assured the new owner that everything worked great. The "broker" was simply a friend of the previous owner, and not an actual broker.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 08/10/2006 :  12:14:59  Show Profile
Ben, "ten years in a barn", perhaps with the motor not having been put into storage properly, sounds like you have a rebuild on your hands, or berhaps a replacement. There is perhaps an easier interim attack that you may choose to employ. Someone above mentioned carb cleaner; try to get carb cleaner into the carburetor somehow( maybe by removing the fuel line to the carb and filling it with the cleaner) and let it sit overnight then try starting the engine. You may have to try this several times for it to disolve the varnishes that are mucking up your motor. Just make sure that you don't run the motor without lubricant while doing this.

Good luck

Val on Calista # 3936. Patchogue, N.Y.
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