Hard starting (cold)

Went out yesterday morning. I have a 2000 225 Ram Ficht, and had the time of life trying to get it started at the ramp. About 20-25 tries. Pumped the ball hard, turn key on, wait for fuel pump to pressurize the rail, hit the starter. It will fire and run for 2-3 seconds and stall. After a bunch of attempts it stayed running and ran like normal. No codes,lights,beeps,
nothing. Just a real bear to get going when cold. Anyone else have any cold start issues like this.... Or a known cure for it.......

Whens the last time you checked the plugs, worn ( excessive gap) can cause this. Check for correct gap .028 and proper indexing.

what about decarbing.......?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bassmeister &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Whens the last time you checked the plugs, worn ( excessive gap) can cause this. Check for correct gap .028 and proper indexing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You say EXCESSIVE GAP can cause this....Would .065 be considered excessive..... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif Just put in a new set (QC12PEP) gap set at .028 and all indexed. Michael I owe ya a couple http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif thanks for the O'Reillys tip for plugs. $4.89 ea..... I ordered 12 figgured I have some left for the next time... Took me 9 of them to get them indexed. We'll give it try in the morning and see how it starts cold, but I'm thinking it's gonna be a vast improvement........

Update.............Ran the motor Friday and Saturday, Starts right up cold and run great all day Sat....... Thanks again for the help.... http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif


Modified by shrshot at 7:45 AM 4/18/2010