Outboard Repair

[BillM2]

Anyone know of a good repair shop for a Mercury 4HP outboard? I am not getting fuel to the carb. I inspected the fuel filter, which had no debris in it. I also noticed that the carb's jet was plugged and sprayed carb cleaner on it and depressed the gunk down with a needle. When I put starting fluid in the carb, the engine starts right up, pumps water and shuts down after burning off the starting fluid.

Anyone got any suggestions...?

 

[BigPat]

May be stilled gunked up or it now needs to be adjusted?

 

[rommer]

Rebuild the carb, worked for me. Pretty easy to do. I'm guessing the needle valve is stuck closed.

 

[BillM2]

I've gotten suggestions about blowing air through the fuel line, but not too much. I'll give that a try. Getting the carb off is a puzzle. There's not enough clearance to lift and pull it away. But will try another suggestion in removing it. Beyond that, a repair shop in Cold Spring has been recommended. It probably needs a fuel pump rebuild, is what I'm thinking.

 

[rommer]

I bought the repair manual from boatfix and it has the step by step procedure.

I had the same problem as you and rebuilding the carb has solved it.