03-25-2003, 07:36 PM
I have always run the gas out of my motor,if you think about it when you trailer your boat and lift the motor it gonna and will come out the air intake orphes in the carbs.which clogs them when the gas evaporates.
I have had outboards for years and never have problems with carbs when I bot the boat I could tell they never did this,and I had to clean the carbs out,I do not run sea foam,but I do run stablizer,And when I said I had to clean them up I didn't take them off the motor,I took the top off,Had the wife run the boat at full throttle accross the lake and I spread Carb Cleaner into the throat and into the air intakes,the boat started to run better and better,JUST A NOTE,I did take it to the shop and they said it was running fine,I took it back out and it was running the same way,It would start fine,idle fine,but when I would put the hammer down,it would chock and cough like crazy,Its a 1997 and shouldn't have had the problem if they would have ran the fuel out of the motor when they trailered it,I have not had to do it again since then,probably wont have to as long as I own it.
Later,Tony[cool]
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I have had outboards for years and never have problems with carbs when I bot the boat I could tell they never did this,and I had to clean the carbs out,I do not run sea foam,but I do run stablizer,And when I said I had to clean them up I didn't take them off the motor,I took the top off,Had the wife run the boat at full throttle accross the lake and I spread Carb Cleaner into the throat and into the air intakes,the boat started to run better and better,JUST A NOTE,I did take it to the shop and they said it was running fine,I took it back out and it was running the same way,It would start fine,idle fine,but when I would put the hammer down,it would chock and cough like crazy,Its a 1997 and shouldn't have had the problem if they would have ran the fuel out of the motor when they trailered it,I have not had to do it again since then,probably wont have to as long as I own it.
Later,Tony[cool]
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