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Old May 25th, 2008, 03:47 PM
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Default 8HP Mariner smoking/rough idle

I have an "90's" 8 HP Mariner that idles rough and seems to smoke quite a bit, I just purchased the motor and was told that it only has about 8 hours on it (sure looks like it). When at trolling speeds seems to load up and almost stall, after I hit the gas seems to clear out but still doesn't purr. I tried adjusting the low speed jet and it doesn't seem to have any effect. Many help is appreciated.
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Old May 26th, 2008, 11:10 AM
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Default Re: 8HP Mariner smoking/rough idle

Ok, I had someone tell me that the float may be stuck, does this sound like a possibility? If so do I have to pull the carb of to tell or is there a way of telling from the bottom of the bowl?
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Old July 14th, 2009, 11:59 PM
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Default Re: 8HP Mariner smoking/rough idle

are you runing 50:1 , try running some sea foam through it 1 oz. per gallon , might clear it up, how old are plugs, if it was flooding you'd be having real trouble with hot starts
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