Engine dies frequently

[yapper]

The problem seems to be the carb and not the fuel filter.

After sitting for a week, I fired it up and it ran very erratically, dying even more frequently than usual.

Spraying a liberal dose of carb cleaner in the fuel line into the carb got over that problem and it ran smoothly with the choke fully in for about 45 minutes without dying. I'll find out next week if the problem is still gone.

 

[Fish]

The problem seems to be the carb and not the fuel filter.

After sitting for a week, I fired it up and it ran very erratically, dying even more frequently than usual.

Spraying a liberal dose of carb cleaner in the fuel line into the carb got over that problem and it ran smoothly with the choke fully in for about 45 minutes without dying. I'll find out next week if the problem is still gone.

DAMN.... You need to totally take down and dis-assemble the carb/fuel system!!!!!!!

Wow!!!!

 

[Fish]

DAMN.... You need to totally take down and dis-assemble the carb/fuel system!!!!!!!

Wow!!!!

Clean it and re-assemble!!!!

 

[Fish]

Fuel tanks too!!!!!

 

[yapper]

As I stated in the first post in this thread:

I'm reluctant to mess with the carb as I'm not too mechanically inclined.

 

[Fish]

Well if you are lucky, it just is half full of water. Disconnect and plug the fuel line going into the fuel pump, then crank the engine on choke for a while, to pull as much of the bad fuel/water on out of the carb. Get a few foot piece of fuel line, and hook one end to the fuel pump, submerge
the other end in a full jug of rubbing alcohol or fuel dry and crank the engine and try to get it to start and run, if it does, shut it off , drain the tanks, re-assemble, put in good fresh fuel, and the rest of the fuel dry and run a while.

 

[yapper]

The problem turned out to be a sticking fuel cutoff solenoid.