vegas679 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 This may be the wrong place to be asking this, but I figure someone on here will be able to help. So thanks in advance. I have an old 3 hp gamefisher 2 stroke outboard. It came with my jon boat, but I havent used it in 2 years. The guy I bought the boat and engine from said he hadnt used it in 2 or so years, but before he stored it, he drained it, and ran it dry. So as far as he knew there was nothing wrong with it at all. It's always been stored inside a garage, it's actually really clean. I have never even tried to start it. Is there any chance I can just put 2 stroke gas in it and it will start up? What would you all do? Thanks, Quote
james 14 Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Plenty of chance it'll start if it was running when the guy ran it dry...which is good that he did that. I'd try and start it just to see if it works. I would choke it and give it a few pulls. If it starts un-choke it and give it a few pumps on the throttle. It may need a few good revs to get it going. If it doesn't start after a few pulls un-choke it as it'll eventually flood and give it a few more pulls. My first outboard was a 9.9 Evinrude that was a 60s model. I ordered it off Ebay about 10 years ago which, looking back, was a bad moved based on my limited knowledge of outboards at the time. I was a bit surprised when it cranked and idled well. I changed the plugs and lower unit oil and ran a can of Seafoam and never had a problem with it. This should be all you need to do. These old small motors are not very complex at all and should be pretty easy to get running so long as there aren't any major problems. Quote
vegas679 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Posted March 16, 2013 I did pull the cord a few times, and it does sound like it wanted to start had it had gas in it. I guess thats a good sign. Quote
PotomacBassin Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I did pull the cord a few times, and it does sound like it wanted to start had it had gas in it. I guess thats a good sign. I wouldn't pull it too many times without gas in it. As you know 2 strokes oil the motor via gas/oil mix. Without oil being in the motor for a while you should probably hold off on cranking it until you get gas/oil in it. Quote
vegas679 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Posted March 16, 2013 So I put some gas in the motor today, and I have a problem. The gas all ran right out of it. The plastic gas tank has a small crack in it. Is there any type of epoxy that I can use to seal the small crack, that I can use that the gas wont eat through. Quote
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