Hot start and shifting problems combined - help

mcleland

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I have an OMC 351cu and Alpha I/O.

Two troubles that may be related.

Engine starts great when cold. Does not want to start hot - usually - somethimes starts easy when hot.

Boat stalls sometimes when docking - shifting our of gear and then reengaging forward - dies.

When the two are put together - hot engine that wont restart when I am in close quarters - means that I have an unusable boat until fixed.

The shift cutout switch seems to work - it kills engine it I manually trip the rocker switch.

When engine is hot, restart will sometimes occur if I follow a flooded engine procedure - full throttle - keep cranking. Other times this does nothing....

I replaced the coil as I have had an intermittent coil cause similar things in cars. Wondering if I have both a cut-out switch/module problem along with a mis-adjusted carb (4bbl)..... ideas.

My usual mechanical sense if missing on this one.
 
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