75 mariner problem

[DavidShaw]

had a problem this weekend my 75 mariner was smokeing bad and at take off it was just bogging down
but afeter it warmed up it took off. i mixed the gas one pint to 6 gallons of non ethanol gas. the day before
it ran fine no problems just the fuel cap was kinda hard to get on..

 

[DavidShaw]

Nobody has had this problem?

 

[smalliemouth]

Call James Perry 423-304-0930, he is pretty sharp on motors.

 

[Auburnwes]

Its hard to say...could be a thousand different things. Did you have any problems after it warmed up?

 

[DavidShaw]

Nope she took off. After i fished my spot for about 4 hours it did it again but not as bad.and less smoke..i might have mixed
it with too much oil. Im going to try 7 gallons to a pint

 

[fischnrod]

Not enuff oil is a whole lot worse than to much oil===If you had to choke it alot b4 you started it that could have caused it to smoke bad.

 

[Auburnwes]

It should be 50:1 ratio and thats what 1 pint to 6 gallons is, It makes it much simpler if you get a premix bottle from wal-mart.

Also do you idle any length of time before you take off?

 

[DavidShaw]

No i didnt .now that i think about it
i didnt even pump the ball i just choked the heck out of it

 

[Auburnwes]

Did you choke it the second time you went to run?

Try next time you go to pump the bulb then just choke it for 4 seconds and try to start it, if it doesn't fire choke it for 2 more seconds and try that. All engines are different some will start no problem with holding the choke 4 seconds then some take 8 you just never know.

Just out of curosity why did you choke it so much?

 

[DavidShaw]

Not sure really just trying to get it to start

 

[DavidShaw]

But i did catch over 20 crappie that day lol

 

[DavidShaw]

But i did catch over 20 crappie that day lol

 

[Auburnwes]

QUOTE]DavidShaw - 3/1/2012 6:33 PM

But i did catch over 20 crappie that day lol[/QUOTE]

Makes engine issues not so bad when you have a good day of fishing!