Well,.. a little update on my cold blooded 115 Johnson. Seems that most carburated outboards that see action in the cold weather have a certain sequence that they need or like in order to start up on those cold mornings. We must figure out what they want to get em' to fire. Well after F-ing around with mine and getting totally frustraited I think I have it figured out! I usually have my motor trimmed up a bit because of the shallower water at most launches and man was that thing hard to get running no matter what I tried,.. Crank and Crank and Crank. What it needed was to be trimmed all the way down! I guess the gas is getting in there better or something because it starts quite EZ now. [smilie=2thumbsup.gif]
Kid what happens is the choke circuit in a carb is in a different location than the high and low speed circuit pickups. So what happens is when they are tipped too far one way or another the hole is basically just about out of the available fuel. On some units the float level can be changed a bit and it will start better on an angle but it can come at a cost when running on rough water in the form of rough running due to fuel levels being too high. So the solution is what you are doing, start it when it is level and it should be all good.
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