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2008 Honda 20hp stored improperly

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sail4evr

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"Hi all,
I put my dingy with

"Hi all,
I put my dingy with the above 4 cycle engine up in dry storage. Before I did that I put in fuel stabilizer, fogged the carb and put some oil foam in the cylinders. Unfortunately somebody unauthorized used my dingy and probably did not service it before putting it back in storage. I will be going doen to my dingy in the Bahamas (George Town, Exumas)after 9 months of storage.
What condition should I expect to find when I try to start it? Will it start? Run rough, stall? Fail at high rpm? What should I take with me to make anticipated repairs? What specialized tools, what parts? There is no Honda dealer there and no local Honda parts supply. I rebuilt the carbs on a couple of my cars 40 years ago. I'm pretty much a novice with outboards. When I bought the dingy, the dealer said if I needed any carb work I should take it to an authorized service as it would be too technical. Will these repairs be manageable by me or will I make it worse? Will the cylinders be rusting? What can I do about that? Thanks for your time."
 
you should be fine motor wise

you should be fine motor wise
but the gas in the carbs are going to varnish
easy to do with a manual
 
"hey joe. i had a evinrude tha

"hey joe. i had a evinrude that sat for 1 year and was improperly stored also. i removed the spark plugs and shot wd-40 into spark plug holes, lubing the walls and removing any fine rust. i also sprayed carb cleaner in all the carbs, about half a can in each carb. before i went any further, i spun the motor a few times WITHOUT the spark plugs in. this blew out any debris and remaining wd-40. i also put some seafoam in some fresh full before trying to start it. with all of this done, it ran perfectly fine. these easy steps worked great for me and maybe they will for you too. if you do end up having to clean the carbs, removing them is nessasary. if you have the honda shop manual then you can do it yourself. hope all goes well."
 
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