Help!
I bought a brand new Nissan 4HP 4-stroke motor last year and it was very
nice. Quiet. Started on the second pull every time. It has probably no more
than 10 hours on it at this time as i use it mostly for ramp purposes. Up until
last weekend it has been running perfectly.
Last weekend, though, i could not start it at the ramp. Not a sputter... not
a single sign of life. We had to test our sailing skills and get out of the
harbor under sail. Good practice but not something i wanted to do again. The
next day i went to play with it to see if i could figure out what the problem
was (right! I know outboards like Kobe Bryant knows humility). When i went to
start it up on the trailer it cranked up on the second pull just like normal. I
had no water hooked up to it so i let it go only a couple seconds and shrugged
off our experience to some sort of anomoly.
Based on that succcess we went out again yesterday (Lake Pardee for those of
you in norCal... fishing lake, no waterskiers allowed... lake level 98% of
capacity and very clean). I went to start it up and it started as expected,
but....
When i pushed the choke back in upon warm-up it proceeded to die... i pulled
the choke back out to ensure that she would keep running ... perhaps she needed
to warm up a bit more... pushed the choke back in and she died and would not
start again. Showed no sign of life...
My novice thought is... fuel filter? Water in the line? I don't know how that
could happen but i suppose it could. I will attempt to replace that myself if
that is a probable cause but i thought i would throw it at this group first as
you folks are dialed on all aspects of the Monty Life!!!
Thanks for your help,
Jeff
M17 #336
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