Found some water in fuel lines so bought new tank dont trust old one not to let in rain.Cleaned carb and engine now runs and starts better.
Both telltales running at idle.
Small one is warm with little bit of steam but temperature tolerable on my hand.
However I now have noticed water coming out...
Using muffs the telltale was quite weak and small one has stopped completely, even when motor is warmed up. Probably need new impeller but what other issues need to be looked at????
My outboard has a damaged gasket oozing oily residue at the very top of the shaft just under where the covers begin to flare out to form the tray under the power head.
The manual does not seem to cover this and only covers lower gear case from water pump down.
What gasket is this?
How do I...
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Engine had been reluctant to start and running rough, pulled off upper cyl HT lead while it ran and since that made no difference to how badly it was running concluded that a new HT lead was in order.
Cleaned carb. replaced both CDM units and HT cables mainly because HTs looked doubtful...
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Have had lots of reliability issues recently with difficult starting/unwillingness to start, not giving full power.
which was put down to carb dirt.
Workshop said my tank was clean and fuel clean so cleaned the (single) carb, took loads of money and said it was A1.
Next fishing trip took...
Could a badly set float height explain why my(previously owned) outboard has always had a crazy idle speed?? The idle screw has been screwed out to the point that it does not contact the cam follower,so no way to reduce idle speed there. The idle mixture screw will reduce idle speed but that...
Starts and runs perfectly at low throttle,but sluggish or conks on opening up. Gives occasional brief bursts of greater power on opening up, but loses power again almost immediately. Used fuel from last season (I know, but it never seemed to cause a problem before). I have a filter in the fuel...
This outboard makes a slight clunk/crunch when forward is selected. Think maybe idle speed could be lowered a shave?? Can I just give it another half twist out or will I be messing up timing etc.??
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The idle appears to be set a little high and forward is engaged with a slight crunch.
If I lower the idle slightly I hope this will disappear???
Not sure though would this in turn affect timing which would then need to be reset???
Any help appreciated.
Sean.
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Replaced O ring and propshaft seals due to lube leaking out through bearing carrier.
When I pulled the bearing carrier the propshaft came out also.
The cam follower remained in the gearbox so I retrieved it with a long nose pliers and replaced it in the propshaft.
I replaced the two...
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when I drained the shaft lube and refilled the new oil immediately began seeping out behind the prop.
I s there a seal back there that I need to replace???
Thanks.