Pigshead7469
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Hi all very new to this so bear with me
i have a gray 6-71 that's been sitting in the bottom of a boat for about 8 years not touched so here is where it starts not knowing about detroits I put new fuel in it and hit the start button and away it went ( real hard) Anyway I got it shutdown and dived deeper pulled the rocker cover off and the fuel rail was stuck so I freed that up and now the fuel rack will not return to full fuel when shutdown so I have to throttle on to get it to start not very desireable in a boat and now idle is about 1800 rpm and if I Pull the stopper cable so it returns to idle not stopped just slowed it will stall or when released will rev back up again or stop. I have had the govener out and all is free so asking what to adjust to get it to run properly once I put the boat in gear and the motor has load it is fine just when I put it in nuteral it revs up and won't start without throttle ( and to throttle on it kicks the boat into gear not desirable any help would be appreciated thanks
i have a gray 6-71 that's been sitting in the bottom of a boat for about 8 years not touched so here is where it starts not knowing about detroits I put new fuel in it and hit the start button and away it went ( real hard) Anyway I got it shutdown and dived deeper pulled the rocker cover off and the fuel rail was stuck so I freed that up and now the fuel rack will not return to full fuel when shutdown so I have to throttle on to get it to start not very desireable in a boat and now idle is about 1800 rpm and if I Pull the stopper cable so it returns to idle not stopped just slowed it will stall or when released will rev back up again or stop. I have had the govener out and all is free so asking what to adjust to get it to run properly once I put the boat in gear and the motor has load it is fine just when I put it in nuteral it revs up and won't start without throttle ( and to throttle on it kicks the boat into gear not desirable any help would be appreciated thanks
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