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    Oil in Float Bowl of DF6

    I am trying to start my outboard after a winter's storage. The motor would not start except with a squirt of starting fluid. I tried draining the float bowl and found it filled with oil. What could have caused this? Besides draining the oil out of the carb, do I need to clean or rebuild the...
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    Suzuki DF6 oil leak

    I had to pull my boat early as the lake dried up a month ago. I put the motor in the back of my truck shell. It was standing almost straight up but aparently not....When I went to remove it the angle i had it in spilled oil out of the cowling the moment I stood it up. I must have leaned the...
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    New to me 2006 6HP Suzuki

    I just picked up a used 6hp 4 stroke 2006 Suzuki. It was owned by an old man that used it to sail to and from his mooring on his sailboat each season. It looks unused and he says it likely has about 20 hours total on it. What should I do to get it ready for its future pushing my sailboat...
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    Adding an alternator

    I am looking at a used 2003 barely used 6hp Yamaha. It will be used to push my sailboat which could benefit from an alternator. Can an alternator be added after the fact?
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    1999 2.5 hp Mercury at 67000 feet

    I have an old 2.5 hp I just cleaned out the carb and go running. It pushed my tiny sailboat across the lake just fine but being at 6000 feet, I was wondering if I should try to adjust the carb or exchange the high speed jet for one that is better for high altitude?
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    Help start an 83 7.5 hp Evinrude

    All the screws were about the same but there are top screws and bottom screws on the starter. Guess which ones I started with, yep the bottom (wrong) ones. I got the carb out it all looked very clean. I have sprayed everything with carb cleaner, i have removed the screw under the needled and...
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    Help start an 83 7.5 hp Evinrude

    This engine supposedly ran when I bought it with a boat. I can't get it to start now though. I checked compression and put clean fuel into the tank. I can't get it to turn over. I took apart the plastic covering the choke but can't get to the carb to clean out the bowl and jet. I have cleaned...
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    Need help Evinrude 7.5 HP

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    Need help Evinrude 7.5 HP

    I need help identifying this year so I can then figure out how to start it.
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    Having trouble rigging the throttle on 1976 Mercury 4.5

    After I got the motor running i could not get the throttle to accelerate. I found a plastic linkage piece was broken in two so there was no connection in the accelerator chain. I was able to find a replacement part but it did not fit because the old version had a spline in the shaft my...
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