Barnacle1970
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I have a 1972 evinrude 25hp 2 stroke that has recently had some trouble starting. We inherited the boat several weeks ago and found that it would only run at or slightly above idle. We adjusted the timing and it fixed the issue. The boat ran great for the next 3 or 4 trips to the lake until last time. The motor started sputtering and bogging down until it eventually quit, and wouldn't start, leaving us stranded in the middle of the lake. I left it in the garage and the next morning discovered a thick black oily goop had dripped out of the exhaust overnight. I cleaned out the carb and fuel filter with no success. If you crank it enough you can get it to sputter a little bit but it won't idle and will die after a few seconds. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions? Could it be that we adjusted the timing wrong and gunk has been building up in the motor until it was thick enough to inhibit running? Thanks!