AlabamaScott

Alright, after spending all afternoon, charging batteries and cranking and cranking the motor, i still cant get it to turn over with the plugs in... only this time i notice i difference between the two engines... i cant explain it, so i plan on gettting out my video camera and recording me trying to get the engine started... so for anyone who is intrested email me at "Harle008@bama.ua.edu " and ill email you this video, so you can fully understand whats going on and possibly, hopefully, offer me some really great suggestions... thanks again guys... scott

Alright, my first posting was regarding what to do about my engine not starting.... well i hit another brick wall... after the assumption that my starter was bad, you guys told me to pull the spark plugs and clear out the pistons... tried it.. after dumping hellacious amounts of green slime... ( guessing it was old oil and fuel ) my engine time and time again tried to start, making me realize my starter is fine... with the plugs pulled, my engine would turn over and over and over.. but never start ( of course cause the plugs were out) but as soon as i bolted them back in, the engine would revert back to the original problem, with one turn and then NOTHING.... it just wont turn over... it'll try for maybe two pumps of the pistons.. then NOTHING.... my new assumption is that the fuel injector??? might be bad, causing little or no gas to be sprayed in the mixture thereby making the spark not ignite causing the engine not to start??? plus when it was dumping tons of green goo out of the engine when the plugs were pulled, i noticed absolutley NO aroma of gasoline... I dont know if the scent is strong or not, but on the good engine, no green goo was deposited, and it smelled like gas... but on the bad one, tons of slime, and no gas??? Do you guys think its the injector?? Im dieing to know what could be wrong, because the closest shop to work on my boat is out of state, and the lake is perfect and calling my name, and i HAVE to get out on the water, and would love to jsut fix it myself.... but im turning to you guys for help, because the response time last time was excellent, and seems to me there are some pretty handy people apart of the website... so anyways just give me some ideas!!! scott

alright, its getting warmer and im ready to start doing some 360s at 60+mph on the lake... but somethings wrong... im very aware of everything wrong with this boat, ive invested over 3 grand on repairs that ive fixed myself over the years, but this spring ive got a problem i cant answer... my driver side engine wont start.. the passenger starts at the push of a button but the driver side doesnt seem to want to turn over... It will start to turn then make a sudden double click noise... after constantly pushing the starter button, i can ALMOST just get it to kick on over but then again the sudden stop... Im nearly convinced that the starter has gone bad from sitting up all winter, but im completely open to suggestions, PLEASE someone give me advice i cant wait to get out on the water!!!! thanks alot... scott