While Idling out of the marina the engine began to run rough and dies out. Smoke is present coming from the cowling. At inspection the regulator/rectifier shorted due to corroded wires (greenish debris on end of burnt wiring) it fried and the heat also deformed the CDI case. Not taking chances due to heat, I bought OEM CDI AND R/R. Plug and play all went well. At start up it idles at approx 900-950 and smoothly. After about 60-90 seconds it begins to idle down and quits. It will not restart unless I go throttle only at about 1/2 throttle. It starts and runs fine. I manually idle it down and all is okay but if I take it to neutral it dies out. I can let it sit for 10-15 minutes and it will start in neutral like it's supposed to but again, it dies out after a minute or two. Put new neutral switch on but same. Sounds like fuel starvation but fuel is there and it runs fine at high idle. Something new. It puffs out a good deal of blue smoke for 5 seconds or so them stops. It never did that before. Next step I'll take is a compression check and new plugs. Could the wire shorting have caused this or is it just a coincidence? Thanks for your suggestions.
