Mechanic

I have on who is located in Orangeburg and has a shop at his house. He is semi-retired, works about 3 days a week, but he knows his stuff and I found him extremely reasonable. He does not have a 3 month backlog like most of the shops seem to have now.
His name is Ken, at Ken's Boat and Outboard shop. Numbers are cell 803-378-0212 or shop 803-534-1423.
I bought a used Yamaha from him and he swapped out my old motor and set up the new one at a most reasonable charge. Also fixed a minor problem on my old motor and found a buyer for it while he was changing the motors out. Saved me a bunch of hassle and I came out much better financially than I had expected to.

Welp I just went out to check the plugs and low and behold i found a Huge fuel leak! to the point that if i pumped the primer ball it basically would all leak out just under the cowl. its the connecter that comes from the outside fuel line to the inside fuel line to the carb bowl... I guess thats a good place to start. What are the plugs supposed to look like? I got one off (never seen boat plugs before) and the flag plug just looked like it had a touch of black on one side (barely) it also had a touch of wetness to it but that could have been beause i primed it to attempt to start. It DOES attempt to start so its not seized (partially dodged bullet there) But it is kinda making a strange sound when just turning the key out of the water (just a quick turn not a full attempt at starting) There was no loud noise when the event happened on water, so I doubt major mechanical failure is at hand. I can upload pics/video if anyone is interested in giving their 2 cents on it.

Sounds to me the gas leak is your trouble, no gas = no running motor. Have you fixed the leak and tied it. I had to replace all my gas lines on my Merc from a new gas tank to the carbs.

Ok check out this plug (couldn't get the lower one off quickly, will do it later)
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Hey DCA I'll call him tonight and see what he says. I'll post tonight if i find out.

Can you tighten the nut where it is leaking?

Sounds to me like you may have found your problem. If it were me, I'd put new plugs in it and fix the fuel leak. You could have been getting air in your fuel line causing it to lose prime and in turn not feed the engine enough gas to run at anything but an idle or low RPMs.

That's my .02 cents. :biggrin

And your plugs being wet means they are getting gas. How much gas is the question with your fuel leak. To me, the plug in the picture doesn't look bad, but they are relatively cheap and easy to replace. I replace mine about once a year in my old 2 stroke and when a plug goes bad you can tell it. No power, no smooth idle, ect.

I suspect the power supply has gone, or is going bad. It is a small plastic box with a bunch of wires going into it, it works similar to the computer that controls fuel and air distribution on a car. It may be very diificult to find one being that the motor is so old.

change the plugs and the fuel line and the plastic nut also put a hoes clamp on it you should be good to go