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[kaivank]

I am a technician myself, working on OBM and inboard in India.
The way you explain it in your videos, makes us easier to convince customers here.
I do give your video links to my customers. Thank you so much for t effort and clearity in your technical videos.

[veryrandom]

You love to teach man. I bet you will end up being an MMI instructor 😆. Thankyou for the knoleage.

[esthersmith]

#wontstart So far no problems with engine just bought second hand boat this summer. I know that the information you provide will come as a great help when something goes south. Keep up the great work.

[howechilds]

There really is more to it than you think. What I mean is you make it look easy because you just know what to do. These videos surely help isolate the problem so you don’t just start replacing expensive parts. Man am I glad I found this channel! #wontstart

[glennangelo]

Born again boating been following you guys for number of years, have 2002 opti 150, 160 hours on it, running on hose last week, sputtered and stopped, checked water separator fuel good, had motor serviced in may, sounds like not getting fire, but on this motor could be a number of things.

[tjcdiy]

My problem was just bad gas and a gummed up carb. I had that carb completely apart twice. I ended up taking it in. All they did was a sonic clean on the carb and ran like new after that. Keep up the good work on these videos. I learned something every time!#WONTSTART

[twanger]

Just learned about fuel systems in my outboard class. This past series has been extremely valuable as add on information building my knowledge base. Thanks. Keep up the great tutorials. #wontstart

[edmullins]

Once again, top notch advice! Tuesday is quickly becoming my favorite day of the week! Great job. #wontstart

[johnslonsky]

#wontstart
We cant boat without you! Thank you once again for the great info!

[dgw]

#wontstart I had just bought a Mako Proskiff with a 60hp mercury. The second time I took it out it just quit running and left me stranded on a sandbar for several hours. I went through everything I could think of. It would pull start but as soon as you’d put it in gear it would die. I had checked the prob and knew it wasn’t fowled. After a while I finally found a second fuse relay hidden behind a panel and it had a blown fuse. Swapped it out because I always carry spares and never had another problem. Love your videos! Great educational content. Thank you!

[georgejordaan]

#wontstart Had a motor that ran well and after a while would cut out. Cleaned the fuel system from start to finish and had similar issues afterwards. I watched one of your videos where you commented on the fuel bulb pointing upwards on the outlet side to discover that mine was pointing downwards. Shortened the fuel line to make sure the buld faces upwards and since then, no issues. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[orgblackswan]

#wontstart I didnt know the crank position sensor had that effect on the rpm guage. Thanks for all the good info you all provide us with.

[DLuxProdbeatz]

#WONTSTART I'm an upcoming mechanic and a few years ago I bought a 23 seafox for $500.. got it running, fuel looked good in a jar, so I took it out...as soon as I got the thing on plane it SHUT DOWN! so now I'm in the middle of the channel...I unhook my fuel line, I no lie pumped 2 gallons of water out of my fuel tank..got towed in... the water was trapped in a corner or something till it got on plane and got sucked up the pick up.. you live you learn. good vids brother.

[zacharygreen]

Great job compiling all the seperate tech vidoes into one simple troubleshooting guide!! As for my best time, was out on my formula 272 so twin inboard and after hitting a wave i lost starboard engine so limped it a mile to the sandbar so kids could swim while i trouble shooted. Turned out kill switch corroded internally and failed so bypassed killswitch and started right up 🙌 #WONTSTART

[tgrghostrider]

Actually looking at buying my first boat in the coming week or so. Love the channel keep up the great work.

[angeloc]

Kill switch, Fuel water separator, a neutral safety switch, Blockage in the line luckily nothing I wasn’t able to figure out on my own. Thanks for the videos we look forward to them every week#wontstart

[liveaction]

Man Mr Tech Tuesday is hard core mechanic!!! Very bright man has his job down to the T 👍

[jakewyler]

Just found your channel and love it! Itching to pull my boat out of hibernation up here in Michigan. Keep up the great work!

[outdoorswithtim.]

#wontstart. This is a really good video on some troubleshooting when these Outboards don't want to start or even turn over and stay at idling operation I have experienced this in the past myself this video was very helpful thank you and continue to please share these videos with us.

[oscargonzalezjr.]

Awesome video. Thanks guys! From Houston, TX