Chrisb Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Any mechanics here? My main engine died yesterday. Here the story. Ran out to fish ,20 minutes, no issues. Trolled around on the kicker. Time to come home cranked the main is started ran about 5 seconds stopped. Not unusual. I gave it bit of idle and cranked again. It just cranked and cranked, no start. I checked the kill switch. Turned it off and on couple times. Still no start Made it back to the cottage on the kicker and started checking out the engine. Pulled the plugs and had someone crank it. Spark all around. Plugs looked wet.Flooded? Drain carbs to look for water. All looks fine. Switched to the tank from the kicker anyway. Since the boat is on the dolly up on shore and not on the trailer it is going to be difficult to get it to a mechanic. It would take an hour or more to drive it to the marina on the kicker. Are there mobile mechanics that will do house calls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morwood80 Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Could contact John at Erie Marine and small engines. He’s great. +1 (289) 668-7745 not sure if he does mobile stuff but doesn’t hurt to call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Just curious What type of engine is it? 2 or 4 stroke, carborated or fuel injected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 3 cylinder, 2 stroke, carberated oil injection. Further test today all cylinder 100 psi compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 If you dribble some fuel directly in the throttle throat does it fire temporarily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 compression sounds good and consistent. Also, are you running pump gas or ethanol free? have you drained your carbs looking for water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Running ethanol free hi test from CTC. Drained carb and no sign of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Does it run with a little fuel directly in the carb? if so, points to your jets are plugged and a carb rebuild likely required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 It was running just fine then all of the sudden no start. The plugs are like it is flooding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markster Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 You’ve proven you have spark and you have compression, so the likley cause is fuel. I would guess the carbs are clogged or the fuel pump is not delivering fuel to the bowls. now, with a 3 cylinder engine you likely have 3 carbs so its unlikley they are all clogged at the same time. sending fuel directly through the carb and confirming a quick run confirms that its a fuel issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Contacted a member here who is a mechanic and is coming to see me Sunday. Will update the results. Morwood80 and smerchly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 Turns out I did not have spark or it was intermittent. New CDI control module ordered. No fishing for a week until it arrives. verado and Tyler0420 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, Chrisb said: Turns out I did not have spark or it was intermittent. New CDI control module ordered. No fishing for a week until it arrives. Any good fishing from shore at the cottage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Tyler0420 said: Any good fishing from shore at the cottage? There's bass, but I don't usually fish bass. Maybe the walleye will move in while I wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted July 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Replaced the cdi module and the plugs. It is running fine now. smerchly, Tyler0420, dave524 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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