jeremygivens
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I recently cleaned the carburetor’s on my 1981 johnson 60hp. Gave them a chemical bath, cleaned them out, and installed everything in the repair kit. i did not mess with any idle screws or anything because the boat was running perfect beforehand, but when i reinstalled my carburetors and went to test everything it sounded like my engine was running wide open in neutral. i pulled the air box off and looked inside the carbs and the butterflies looked good, and i could get the engine to idle by choking down the carbs a little. i checked for a leak around the manifold as well and have a solid seal. any ideas on what this issue could be or what i did wrong? engine was running great before just began to have some stalling issues while idling and issues starting prior to the carb clean.