Sixpence
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Anybody have some thoughts as to why mine won't started ?
Starting a two stroke
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Davegriff
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Youtube says the video is private.
nigelmercier
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secretagentmole
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Well without seeing the video let s try to guess what is wrong.
1) Your fuel/oil mix has oxidised over winter and won't start with a spark. Get rid and get some new fuel.
2) Your spark plug has an incorrect gap setting or is fouled up. Take spark plug out, clean, check gap and replace or simply by a new one.
3) No choke. Starting from cold requires choke, however some little basket outboards don't like choke and it floods them easy as easy. Give the throttle a little twist and use that if choke gives problems with flooding (to check take spark plug out and see if it is literally dripping in fuel mix).
4) Electrical problem, you are getting a spark aren't you, take spark plug put it spark plug lead, put top of terminal onto engine block and carefully pull starter looking for spark.
1) Your fuel/oil mix has oxidised over winter and won't start with a spark. Get rid and get some new fuel.
2) Your spark plug has an incorrect gap setting or is fouled up. Take spark plug out, clean, check gap and replace or simply by a new one.
3) No choke. Starting from cold requires choke, however some little basket outboards don't like choke and it floods them easy as easy. Give the throttle a little twist and use that if choke gives problems with flooding (to check take spark plug out and see if it is literally dripping in fuel mix).
4) Electrical problem, you are getting a spark aren't you, take spark plug put it spark plug lead, put top of terminal onto engine block and carefully pull starter looking for spark.
ex-Gladys
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There are 4 components required for an engine to run, and particularly a 2 stroke; volatile petrol, compression, air and a GOOD spark.
Pull engine with fuel on a few pulls. TAke plug out, is it wet? If yes, is it petrol smelling petrol (this is not a stupid statement, I opened the tank on my OB a couple of years back and it smelt like white spirit, as the petrol had deteriorated). If it is ok, see next para. If no, then your problem is either float needle stuck, or blocked jets in the carb.
If you have a wet plug that smells of petrol, then your next port of call is spark. Turn off all fuel etc, and with plug out spin the engine a few times to limit risk for next step, which is to put plug in lead, hold against cylinder head with insulated pliers, and spin the engine. You should see a fat blue spark... if it's yellow or small, that's likely your issue, replace plug as starting point.
If plug is wet smelling of white spirit, drain tank, replace with brand new fresh, you can stick the old into your car fuel tank so long as its fulllish, as it won't do any harm...
Final step is to check compression, screw the plug back in and with fuel etc off, check that the engine is much harder to turn over slowly than with plug out... This is least likely area for issue...
TIP 1... NEVER just carry on pulling the cord, if after the winter your engine doesn't start in double the number of pulls it normally takes, start doing the diagnosis above....
GOOD PRACTICE in this day and age is to run your engine to stop with the fuel off so as not to leave fuel in the carb...
Pull engine with fuel on a few pulls. TAke plug out, is it wet? If yes, is it petrol smelling petrol (this is not a stupid statement, I opened the tank on my OB a couple of years back and it smelt like white spirit, as the petrol had deteriorated). If it is ok, see next para. If no, then your problem is either float needle stuck, or blocked jets in the carb.
If you have a wet plug that smells of petrol, then your next port of call is spark. Turn off all fuel etc, and with plug out spin the engine a few times to limit risk for next step, which is to put plug in lead, hold against cylinder head with insulated pliers, and spin the engine. You should see a fat blue spark... if it's yellow or small, that's likely your issue, replace plug as starting point.
If plug is wet smelling of white spirit, drain tank, replace with brand new fresh, you can stick the old into your car fuel tank so long as its fulllish, as it won't do any harm...
Final step is to check compression, screw the plug back in and with fuel etc off, check that the engine is much harder to turn over slowly than with plug out... This is least likely area for issue...
TIP 1... NEVER just carry on pulling the cord, if after the winter your engine doesn't start in double the number of pulls it normally takes, start doing the diagnosis above....
GOOD PRACTICE in this day and age is to run your engine to stop with the fuel off so as not to leave fuel in the carb...
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MoodySabre
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Better luck next time Dave. It's a great video (having seen it 
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Sixpence
Active member
The end of a long hard day is not the time to upload it seems, I got the settings wrong but hopefully it's now public :encouragement:
Sorry folks, it was supposed to be a 'funny' but I messed up
The comments do help though, as my little two stroke just refuses to start, will have a look at the suggested solutions over the next weekend, so many thanks all
Sorry folks, it was supposed to be a 'funny' but I messed up
The comments do help though, as my little two stroke just refuses to start, will have a look at the suggested solutions over the next weekend, so many thanks all
ex-Gladys
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" He should have gone to Specsavers..."
johnalison
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Great video. Should be a classic one day.
Gargleblaster
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Get a Seagull. I have sunk mine twice over the last two years. I came back after nine months away at the start of April. Took it out of the cold club shed where it had been hibernating. Squirt of WD40 in the spark plug hole. Adjustable spanner on the big nut on top to get it turning over. Two pulls on the cord, with the twelve month old fuel and oil mix that had been sitting in the fuel tank, and she is away. I am always shocked at how reliable an old Seagull can be.
secretagentmole
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The hose to the inlet manifold is kinked!
