Hi just found this forum. Anyways i know nothing about outboards and figured i might give it a shot here. I purchased a boat with this motor on it. Motor ran fine when i purchased it (with ears on it). So the boat has been setting up for awhile 2-3 months ive been busy as busy gets with work. Today i goto the lake....and TROUBLE ...might be minor or major im not quite sure. Hopefully someone here can give me some insight. Anyways crank boat idle's fine at first then starts to bog down especially when you try to back up or throttle up to accelerate. So basically crank boat goto accelerate bogs down stalls out and dies. A few times it squeeked before it died out. Any insite on this would be greatly appreciated. THanks,Jerry