Motor hard to restart

[raporter]

My 1988 60 hp Mariner fires right up and runs great however when I stop to fish and try to start it again I have to lift the manual throttle to get it to fire. Any thoughts?

[Cray]

One carb could be flooding just a little. Putting a little extra gas in intake, like over choking it. So the extra air when you open throttle lets it lean it out so it will start. Could have a float sticking. I would dose up the next couple of tanks of gas with SeaFoam real good and run it. See if that dosn't help. If not you may have to rebuild carbs.

[raporter]

Thank you, Sea foam is now in the tanks.