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tmhansen
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Initially Posted - 11/26/2003 : 15:58:58

I posted a request for help solving a problem with my outboard a while back. Now that the problem has been resolved I thought I would share what I learned and possibly save someone else from embarrasing themselves like I did

My problem was that the motor would flood each time I tried to start it, fouling the plugs and leaving gasoline dripping out of the carborator. I had recently reinstalled the outboard after storing it, with the carborator dry, for a couple of months. Several people suggested that the needle valve may have gotten stuck. I tried tapping the carb body, and I tried taking the carb apart and cleaning the needle. Everything looked ok but it still flooded. So I resigned myself to a trip to the mechanic. He quoted me $175 parts and labor to rebuild the carb. Ouch!

Not having any other viable alternative I left it with him. He called back before lunch with the problem solved and without rebuilding the carb. It seems that the Evenrude motor I have has a priming pump in lieu of a choke. The pump has a valve that opens it so that it can be used manually and also to fog the engine when laying up. Well it seems I had cracked open the valve which was the source of the problem. Boy did I feel stupid

Anyway, it was a lesson learned for me and I hope I can help someone else avoid the same mistake.

Todd Hansen
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San Luis Obispo, CA

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 11/26/2003 : 16:08:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tmhansen
 It seems that the Evenrude motor I have has a priming pump in lieu of a choke. The pump has a valve that opens it so that it can be used manually and also to fog the engine when laying up. Well it seems I had cracked open the valve which was the source of the problem. I hope I can help someone else avoid the same mistake.
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What year and model?

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 12/03/2003 : 01:35:52

15 hp, elec start, alt., remote controls. I think it is a 2000 or 2001.

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MattL
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Response Posted - 12/05/2003 : 18:36:04

My outboard misshap came about with our old boat, not catalina. The admrial and I went to Tomalas Bay, above San Francisco, for the week end with friends. We got there as it was getting dark, set up and were ready to follow another boat across the bay to anchor out. The motor was runnig I backed away from the launch ramp dock and switched gears and reved it up. We kept going in the wrong direction. Nothing I could do would work. Looking down I saw that the prop wasn't moving. Here we are in the dark drifting away from the docks with no motor. My wife reminded me that this area has the third highest great white atack record for the world. Floating by an old pier I quickly lassoed it with a line and we tied up there for the night. In the morning an old fisherman and his little john boat helped us to the dock and showed me where to find a new sheer pin in the cowling of the motor, and install it. Finally we were able to head out and join the rest of the group. It was a fantastic trip after that sailing, tossing out the crab trap, good friends, etc.

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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 12/06/2003 : 15:06:39

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MattL
 The admrial and I went to Tomalas Bay, above San Francisco, for the week end with friends.
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My sailing club used to go to Tamales Bay every Columbus Day weekend, but the launch ramp is so ahallow that Catalina 25's and 250WK's were getting stuck, so we quit going there and moved our Columbus Day cruise to SF Bay. But Tomales is a beutiful spot, very quiet and rural, and the mid-October weather is usually perfect. You do have to pay attention to the chart, or install a depth sounder, as there are lots of areas that are less than 3' deep and easy to get a C-25 or C-250 stuck.

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