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Default 60 hp mariner blowig gas out of lower carb

I have a mariner 60 hp was running fine last year. went to lake and It was flooding out changed plugs, fresh gas,still flooding took off breather and started it up and it will idle but when you put it in gear and try to give it gas no power flooding out removed breather and looked in carbs and the lower carb spiting gas back. removed carbs and cleaned did not find any thing looked reeds over looked fine? checked compresion 115 on both cylenders good spark jumps 1/2 blue started engine pulled plug wire off lower cylender little notice of hitting on that cyl. romoved top plug wire and engine died. started back up checked carb intake top one hade good pull, bottom one had slight pressure blowing out I am thinking reeds????
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Old May 6th, 2008, 09:51 AM
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Default Re: 60 hp mariner blowig gas out of lower carb

Howdy, elk.

Welcome to iboats.

Your lower carb has a stuck or sunk float. Overhaul it.
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