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Should I sell my outboard or fix it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Loggerhead Mike" data-source="post: 98455" data-attributes="member: 774"><p>do alittle tinkering and see whats wrong with it. you need fuel, fire, and compression</p><p></p><p>fuel ( take one sparkplug out and cover the hole with your thumb. turn the motor over several times. is there gas on your thumb?)</p><p></p><p>fire- take all the plugs out one at a time. touch the end of the plug to the motor and turn it over. do they spark? if so is the spark blue?</p><p></p><p>for compression you'll need a test guage. when your checking for fuel you should be able to tell if it has decent or good compression by how hard it pushes your thumb off the hole. </p><p></p><p>this should give you a general direction on where you should go into further diagnosis</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loggerhead Mike, post: 98455, member: 774"] do alittle tinkering and see whats wrong with it. you need fuel, fire, and compression fuel ( take one sparkplug out and cover the hole with your thumb. turn the motor over several times. is there gas on your thumb?) fire- take all the plugs out one at a time. touch the end of the plug to the motor and turn it over. do they spark? if so is the spark blue? for compression you'll need a test guage. when your checking for fuel you should be able to tell if it has decent or good compression by how hard it pushes your thumb off the hole. this should give you a general direction on where you should go into further diagnosis [/QUOTE]
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