Dennis,

Gotcha so far.

That fuel is not going to be any good, and you are going to have to drain/pump the tank out. Thats step one. Now that might or might not be the only problem. You can do everything all at once and just be done with it, or do it step by step and trying the boat each time. But realistically here is what needs to be done. And you want to do things in this order to be time and cost effective.

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1. Compression test. - Engines that sit have rust that builds up in the cylinders. When you go to crank the engine over, that rust gets blown out. Each time compression goes down just a little bit. But once it gets down to low, the engine is no longer usable. For results you need 100psi as a bare minimum on all cylinders. With all cylinders being withing 15% of eachother. You want to start with this before you throw any real money at the boat. If compression is no good, it does not matter what you do, the engine will never run correctly. If compression is good, then the engine will run once you take care of the laundry list.

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If compression is good, then the next steps are all a go, and the engine will run.

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2. Pump out of the fuel, and replacing it with new fuel

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3. Full engine tune up. Cap, rotor, wires, plugs, all fuel filters

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4. Rebuild the carb. Engines that sit always have carburetor issues. The fuel inside of the fuel bowl portion evaporates, and leaves behind a varnish type goo, this clogs the internal fuel an air jets on the engine.

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That is what needs to be done here, and in that order. But start with the compression test first. You want to see if the engine is a runner or not first before throwing 1 dime that you do not have to into the boat.

Feel free to reply back with any questions

Best,

Jason