Force Idel and Alarm sounding.

David Bouy

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My 1986 85hp force will not idle for more than 5 minutes without dying. As the manual stated I gauged the top carburetor screw by screwing it all the way in and out slowly. The motor was 2 minutes warm when i did this. The motor would not run until the carb screw was exactly back where it began. 1.75 turns out. Now, the motor idles a little worse and the buzzer goes off after 5 minutes of driveway bucket idling. Yesterday ran perfectly all day. No tell tale. Also 10-15 seconds before the buzzer sounds, the motor suddenly begins idling slightly higher rps and smoothely and evenly. Which is how I can tell the alarm will be coming next.
 
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