I'll have to go with Franks assessment. The idle jet has a clog from old gas. This is a common problem.
Bob -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Royce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 13, 2007 6:08 AM >To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <[email protected]> >Subject: M_Boats: Outboard Woes > > > >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 >_______________________________________________ >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats Boat Builder _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
