shift4life
Cadet
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- Jun 20, 2016
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I have a 79 evinrude 115 model 115999r that the po had rebuilt due to one of the cylinders loosing compression. he had all of the cylinders bored to the next size up piston. I have not done a compression test on the engine. it is hard to get started. I can eventually get it started sometimes it starts right up for me other times I think it is getting flooded. when I get it started it seems to idle to low and often shifting between gears it will die. them I have to deal with getting it started again. when it is running anything past idle is seems to run fine wot it will get up on plane right away with out a hiccup. but the biggest problem is it dies when switching gears. since I got the boat I have drained all of the old fuel from the tank replaced it and put new plugs in. the old plugs had a greenish tint to them. I would guess either I should tear the carbs down and clean them or try to adjust the idle. I do not have a manual for this engine yet and was not sure if tearing the carbs down for a cleaning would un sync them.