1979 150 hp evinrude troubles

trouttracker

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i have an evinrude 150hp 1979 modle motor on my boat, last fishing trip was first tim eout with boat and motor. motor starts and runs great, ran boat about 15 miles once its hot seems to happen more often? when engaging motor into reverse and it does engage if you do not imeadiatly give it throttle it will bog down and die happened twice, possible streched cable or simple cable adjustment or idle speed adjustment, also do these motors have any kind of level sensor on them motor would not restart until it was trimed all the way down, any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated thank you.
 

cdoliver

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Re: 1979 150 hp evinrude troubles

I would start with carb rebuild. Sounds like you have trash in the needle and seat/bowl area. Look in the top secret area to find more help.
 
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