Hey guys, I have a little 1992 Rude 15hp that was hard to start, idled rough and wouldn't power up to full throttle unless the choke was completely closed.

This told me it was running lean and needed a carb clean as it hadn't been run in 2 years.

Prior to hanging it up for the 2 years it was serviced by a very reputable local Evinrude/Johnson mechanic and the carb was rebuilt along with the fuel pump.

I took it to another shop as the original had closed up and moved back to Wisconsin after having had enough of the Hurricanes.

Was told to come in and pick it up yesterday as it was all "fixed" and starts on the first pull and idles smoothly.

Paid the bill $152 (seemed high for a carb clean, which was thier diagnosis) and asked them to start it up for me as I hadn't heard it run for so long, anyhow, 50 pulls+ later and she no starts, nothing.

Then the mechanic tells me it probably needs a new carb, this is after calling me and saying it was all "fixed" and runs perfect, could the carb have gone bad in the 2 hours it took me to get there?

What would you do in this situation, this is the same shop that told me my Seadoo with the 240EFI Mercury needed the engine pulled to change the oil pump drive (that was just a sensor or float problem in the oil tank)?

Skippy