Reply To: 1969 Evinrude 40 won’t start hot

[zephyrskipper]

Yes, I replaced the big o-ring on the drive shaft.
No, the cowl doesn’t fill up with exhaust on the boat, only in the barrel. I was also trying to start it with the cowl completely off.
Was unable to check for spark on the lake due to waves and no spark checker. Will have to have someone else drive it and do the work from another boat, or check it in the barrel. It was hard to start hot both in the barrel and on the lake.
I set the float level parallel to the housing. Idle mixture screw about 5/8 turn out.
Tried both with and without choke.
Never had this problem before.