smith_daniel
Cadet
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- Jan 28, 2013
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Hi,
I have recently rebuilt my outboard.
Everything seems to be good since the run in period except a few finalising points.
When idleing (Hot or cold) the engine will run well for a minute or two, then sounds like its miss firing, the revs drop and finally it dies. this can be overcome by increasing the revs with the rev leaver slightly raised.
I also find when going into gear it will stall, unless you increase the revs with the handle slightly, then drop the leaver, and instantly go into gear, it bogs a little at the lowest throttle position but then will be ok up to WOT.
I have tried reverse, and it stalls every time.
During the rebuild, i rebuilt the carbs, replaced the spark plugs, filters, fuel tanks and ensured fresh gas.
After doing the rebuild i gave it to a local marine mechanic to tune up, get the settings and timing etc all done and generally check over my work. ?100 later he told me it was all good and running well.
Initially i blamed the 25:1 oil mix during run in to be my problem regarding idle and gear selection, and to be fair its got much better since finishing the run in and coming back to a 50:1 mix of oil to fuel, but is far from gone.
Im desperate to get this issue sorted as we wakeboard alot off the boat and i hate having engine issues with people in the water! as a result i have called off using the boat until its sorted, if (GOD FORBID) something bad happens id never forgive myself!
I did ask the mechanic and he wasnt very helpful, he just told me to leave it a bit longer and see if it gets better??? (so far its had 10 hours run in on 25:1, and a good 10+ hours since on 50:1 and the problem still exists!?)
Any help appriciated.
Kind regards
Dan
I have recently rebuilt my outboard.
Everything seems to be good since the run in period except a few finalising points.
When idleing (Hot or cold) the engine will run well for a minute or two, then sounds like its miss firing, the revs drop and finally it dies. this can be overcome by increasing the revs with the rev leaver slightly raised.
I also find when going into gear it will stall, unless you increase the revs with the handle slightly, then drop the leaver, and instantly go into gear, it bogs a little at the lowest throttle position but then will be ok up to WOT.
I have tried reverse, and it stalls every time.
During the rebuild, i rebuilt the carbs, replaced the spark plugs, filters, fuel tanks and ensured fresh gas.
After doing the rebuild i gave it to a local marine mechanic to tune up, get the settings and timing etc all done and generally check over my work. ?100 later he told me it was all good and running well.
Initially i blamed the 25:1 oil mix during run in to be my problem regarding idle and gear selection, and to be fair its got much better since finishing the run in and coming back to a 50:1 mix of oil to fuel, but is far from gone.
Im desperate to get this issue sorted as we wakeboard alot off the boat and i hate having engine issues with people in the water! as a result i have called off using the boat until its sorted, if (GOD FORBID) something bad happens id never forgive myself!
I did ask the mechanic and he wasnt very helpful, he just told me to leave it a bit longer and see if it gets better??? (so far its had 10 hours run in on 25:1, and a good 10+ hours since on 50:1 and the problem still exists!?)
Any help appriciated.
Kind regards
Dan
HAHAHA) that 7th bolt had me head scratching for a while! luckily I had plans that evening so left it and came back fresh the next day! otherwise i would have prob done the same brute force method! 
