Re: 5hp Seaking ID
So I took the motor to the lake today after just installing new plugs, not the J6c ones though cause I had not read that reply yet. Anyhow, the motor ran much better than before. It started easily, ideled nicely but at full throttle it didn't seem to be putting out full power and sputtered instead of the smooth sound that it should give. When the motor is in nutral it will rev up nicely but when put under load it does not. Also when at full throttle if I shift my weight forward in the boat, the boat gets up on plane and the motor speeds up and doesn't sputter as much but still isn't giving full power as far as I could tell.<br /><br />I am going to try to figure out how to remove the bottom of the hood so that I can better acess the spark plug holes to do a compression test but it almost seems like I will have to remove the powerhead from the shaft assmebly to remove the bottom part of the hood. Anyhow, I will test the compression but what elese could be causing the high end sputter. <br /><br />One more thing, what would be the best suited manual for this engine. <br /><br />Thanks so far for all the great info.