Richard_Allan
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I just bought a boat with 2 Mercs on it, a 50HP and a 110 (9.8 hp). Based on the serial number on the 110 (4542731), I think the engine is a 1976 vintage.<br /><br />The 50 fires right up, but I am having trouble getting the 9.8 to run. Supposedly this engine starts by the following sequence: pull the choke all the way out, give her four pulls on the rope (the engine farts on the 4th pull), push in the choke and pull the rope again... then it is supposed to start. I got her to sputter a bit after the third pull, but then i noticed fuel dripping off the bottom of the skeg (running down from the top end), and also some black oily substance (I assume this is crud from inside the engine housing that is being carried away by the leaking fuel?).<br /><br />The boat was last gasssed up in September, and I added some fuel stabilizer to it, but didn't run the engines to get the stabilizer through the fuel lines (after all, the 50 HP started right up). Is there any lprocedure for getting an engine going after being it being flooded like I have described? Seems that waiting for an hour or so doesn't help. The 9.8 was tune dup last year and has only run about 10 hours since being tuned so it should start like a top one would think!
