I could really use some quick advice. I have a 98 Evinrude 50 horse 3 cylinder 2 stroke. It has always run perfectly until I tried starting it yesterday after being winterized. The only way it will run is if I continually push the key in to prime the engine. I messed with it until dark last night and nothing worked. I worried about this all night and didn't sleep well, so, I got up early and looked around some more. I drained the carburetor bowls and it sure looked like the mixture in the bowls was alot more oil than gas. I was thinking the carbs weren't getting any gas since I have to prime it to make it run. I also pulled the top carb and disassembled it, I couldn't find any problems and was actually surprised at how clean it was inside. When I winterized it I put stabil in the fuel and then ran the engine with the gas line unhooked until it was out of fuel. It started to rain hard so I had to give up for now. I am going to get new plugs today and some fresh gas and try it again when the rain stops. This engine always started easily for the first time when I took it out of winter storage. Now the one time I waited until the day before I plan to use the boat I have a problem. I'm on vacation for a week with relatives here who want to get on the lake and this had to happen. I could really use some advice or pointers, the dealer said it would be weeks before they could even look at it.
