I have a 93 115 TLET. It ran fine when I got it earlier this year but recently has begun to run like crap. It is hard to start and idles like crap. Really rough idle and will usually stall out unless I give it a little throttle. It seems to run OK at medium to high speed but I feel like I may have lost a little hp - but it's hard to tell. I put in new plugs a few weeks ago. I also changed the fuel filter recently.
I plan to rebuilt/clean the carbs in the coming weeks as I think dirty carbs (don't know when/if they were ever cleaned before I owned the motor) are the likely cause but I wanted to make sure I am not missing anything else that might be the culprit.
I have checked the sparks and get 1/2" on the each cylinder so I don't think is an ignition problem. However, the battery is on its last leg. It is slow to spin the motor up when I start it. Would a low bat voltage cause poor low speed performance?
I checked compression a while ago with the engine warm (not hot) and got 95or so on three cylinders and 90 on the fourth.
Anything else I should look for?
I plan to rebuilt/clean the carbs in the coming weeks as I think dirty carbs (don't know when/if they were ever cleaned before I owned the motor) are the likely cause but I wanted to make sure I am not missing anything else that might be the culprit.
I have checked the sparks and get 1/2" on the each cylinder so I don't think is an ignition problem. However, the battery is on its last leg. It is slow to spin the motor up when I start it. Would a low bat voltage cause poor low speed performance?
I checked compression a while ago with the engine warm (not hot) and got 95or so on three cylinders and 90 on the fourth.
Anything else I should look for?