1960's evenrude 40hp engine spitting and sputtering

jbabcock

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Hi all I'm new to the whole outboard world and bosting at that however I just got a olderr evenrude motor which at the moment is chugging andf almost miss firing it seems my fuel is rich in oil but it seems to throttle up fine and then just starts caughing and missing I've changed the spark plugs to new ngk plugs and still the same issues wires look new at this point I don't know what else may need tuning
 

tmcalavy

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Re: 1960's evenrude 40hp engine spitting and sputtering

Read the top secret file at the top of the J/E forum...work through that, especially the part about setting/adjusting the carbs...after you clean the fuel system.
 
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