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One of my Yamaha 250 crabed motors started fine when on land, fired and idled for a couple minutes in the water, then died and would not restart.
I eventually got it to restart using a flooded motor technique (full throttle) when out of the water. It would run and idle, but when I lowered the boat back into the water it slowed and died and would not start again.
The throttle/shift controls have been changed since the sea trial when both motors ran fine. Could a bad throttle adjustment cause this? How does the choke/prime system work. It seems the engine is flooding out, you can smell fuel after it dies when I remove the cowling.
I'm new to this boat and motors so want to be sure I know what I'm doing before starting to change anything.
Thanks - Greg
I eventually got it to restart using a flooded motor technique (full throttle) when out of the water. It would run and idle, but when I lowered the boat back into the water it slowed and died and would not start again.
The throttle/shift controls have been changed since the sea trial when both motors ran fine. Could a bad throttle adjustment cause this? How does the choke/prime system work. It seems the engine is flooding out, you can smell fuel after it dies when I remove the cowling.
I'm new to this boat and motors so want to be sure I know what I'm doing before starting to change anything.
Thanks - Greg
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