Well, thanks to all. If this had been at the end of the season and 20 years ago I would have monkeyed with it. I’m leaving Friday for Canada so I traded it in on the same model new. The shop said they thought it was a carburetor issue. They will probably let it sit at least until the Memorial...
Not familiar with the beer.
It was the idle stop screw that I turned up.
The only maintenance that the engine has had is the usual oil, filter, lower unit lube, and plugs every two years, water pump every five years and valve lash check every few years. The water pumps and valve lash were done...
2005 BF20D LHTA Put in new fuel pump as preventive maintenance. Simple two bolts, two hoses, one o-ring.
Ran fine in the barrel at idle in neutral for quite a while to charge the battery and with some brief throttle up.
I troll a lot at idle.
When I took it out trolling at idle about 2.6 mph...