Starter fluid fired up the motor but when it was spent nothing else occurred... time after time after time (i have the blistered finger to prove it). So off to the shop I went... he told me that in this heat that it can take only 15 days or so to "varnish" the fuel. My boat has sat no more than 2 months at a time since i first purchased this motor last year. (incidentally, i was told long ago that a "motor" was electric and anything run with internal combustion was an "engine" but i am going with the flow... even the outboard people refer to them as motors so motor it is) Fuel stabilizer and use of fuel shut-off valve after every voyage from now on. Thanks all for your help... Sean, nice vids... Scott, when's that maiden voyage in the bay suppose to occur?