Justin Payton
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The engine was made somewhere between 1988-1992. I got the motor in late fall and it had a rough idle so i gave the carb a good cleaning, adjusted the air to gas ratio screw and idle screw. The engine ran great after i did this until recently.
I launched the boat, got it started and everything seemed fine. I drove out to my first fishing spot and when i tried to leave there the engine wouldnt start. Finally after about 50 pulls it started and ran for about 10 seconds then died again. Another 20 pulls went by then it started again only this time i had to keep it at full throttle to keep it from dying. My tach was only reading 1500 rpms, which is obviously too low for full throttle, any throttle lower than this the engine would die. After staying full throttle for about 30 seconds the rpms started to rise, so after about a minute of slow acceleration i was finally at WOT (around 5500 rpms). Everything seemed normal about the engine at anything above 3000 rpms, when i got too slow the engine would bog down and make me restart that super slow acceleration. If the rpms stayed high enough i could change speeds like normal but not at slow speeds. i tried turning the engine off and tying it over again but it was the same thing every time.
i went out again today and it did the same thing as last time. I have no clue what this could be.
Also the engine does not have this problem in NEUTRAL, only in FORWARD or REVERSE. In neutral everything seemed to be just fine, idled and revved up to 3000 rpms (half throttle).
Please help me figure out whats wrong so i can have it fixed. Thanks in advanced
I launched the boat, got it started and everything seemed fine. I drove out to my first fishing spot and when i tried to leave there the engine wouldnt start. Finally after about 50 pulls it started and ran for about 10 seconds then died again. Another 20 pulls went by then it started again only this time i had to keep it at full throttle to keep it from dying. My tach was only reading 1500 rpms, which is obviously too low for full throttle, any throttle lower than this the engine would die. After staying full throttle for about 30 seconds the rpms started to rise, so after about a minute of slow acceleration i was finally at WOT (around 5500 rpms). Everything seemed normal about the engine at anything above 3000 rpms, when i got too slow the engine would bog down and make me restart that super slow acceleration. If the rpms stayed high enough i could change speeds like normal but not at slow speeds. i tried turning the engine off and tying it over again but it was the same thing every time.
i went out again today and it did the same thing as last time. I have no clue what this could be.
Also the engine does not have this problem in NEUTRAL, only in FORWARD or REVERSE. In neutral everything seemed to be just fine, idled and revved up to 3000 rpms (half throttle).
Please help me figure out whats wrong so i can have it fixed. Thanks in advanced
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