My son's 1st boat - help him get it started!

[couleecats6]

My son purchased a little boat with a Chrysler 15hp motor. It started out missing at full throttle, missed for about one minute, cleared up, ran great for another minute, and then at full throttle it just died like you were backing off on the throttle but it was at full throttle ... the gas tank was full. We drained out the gas and filtered it, there was a little bit of what looked like fuzz in the bottom of the tank and we thought maybe that clogged the line and starved the engine of gas. We refilled the tank and now it won't fire when we pull it over. It acts like it doesn't even have spark, doesn't spit or sputter. We pulled the plug, plugged it into the spark plug wire, held it to the engine block near the plug hole, pulled the engine over and there is spark but maybe not enough?? Any ideas where to begin?

 

[wayne h]

Re: My son's 1st boat - help him get it started!

clean the plugs gap them and put them back in.use a spray bottle with some pre mix gas in it and spray some in the carb see what happends. if it fires you have something wrong in the carb. also check all your fuel lines make sure there are no cracks were it might be sucking air. let us know how you make out

 

[Bearcamp]

Re: My son's 1st boat - help him get it started!

If your spark isn't the greatest and it has points. You might want to pull off the flywheel and check the point gap. But first of all check'em to see if they're burnt and if so either file them down a little or replace. You can file them to see if that's the problem. Also check the flywheel and mag for rust, if so sand it off. This might help you out to determine if it's the points. I don't know what the point gap should be, but, the old saying the thickness of a match pack works in a pinch.