JSGOLD
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2009
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I took the boat out Saturday after completing a carb overhaul and the results were mixed. Took several pulls to start, had to fiddle with the high speed adjuster (probably common after a rebuild) and it ran better and better as the day went on. The problem is it flooded out on me and took forever to start after the first shutdown, and later took several pulls and did fire up, but seemed to have loaded a bit. The low speed needle is still not staying put, and I have a question on the fuel tank as well. I bought an older but nice looking metal Evinrude tank, but I have had problems before with gas shooting out with a lot of force when first cleaning it, using it etc. whenever it was moved around. I wonder if the tank itself maybe has a problem, say the vent lid. As for the carb I also found traces of fuel coming out of the high speed needle after we got it home. I am close on this motor, suprised how well it pushed our 16' deep v Starcraft with as a kicker motor. I am replacing the packing washers that Sierra sent with OEM ones so I hope this will stop the leakage at the high speed adjustment, and stop the low speed from moving on it's own. The main concerns I have are the tank, and any other suggestions on the flooding. May be the low speed needle, although it did not move much, but maybe enough to cause problems.