jvalhenson
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2011
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- 27
Finally got enough time to replace the stator and rectifier the other day and everything seemed fine(also a new prop which got my rpms up to 5700.) Went fishing yesterday and the neutral idle was high at around 1500rpms while in the water. in gear at idle it was its normal 900rpms(which is a touch high but as always been there.) Went on and fished the morning sitting on anchor so motor not on but ran perfect to the spot. Cranked up later to move and was doing the same thing and ran perfect to the next spot. When we got to the 2nd stop and I came to neutral the rpms stayed at 2000 and then climbed to 3000. After this every time I would crank the motor it would stay around 2000 rpms in neutral but in gear would go back to it its 900. The spark advance is free(just cleaned and greased it the other day) and the butterflies are closed all the way. I suspect that it could be the quickstart feature not functioning properly but have not had a chance to reference the manual yet(I was working on it at my parents house and left the book there) and have not been able to find it online. I also suspect that the idle adjustment screw may have gotten moved but I do not know if that has any impact on the rpms in neutral or just in gear? Can either of these things cause this problem and if so how can you check/test the quickstart feature? Only issue seems to be in neutral as it ran perfect all day except for that. Thanks a bunch in advance.