I have an 80 something mariner 50 horse. I replaced all the rubber in both carbs. Did not look at needle valves on floats though.
Engine starts fine and runs at full throttle out of gear. But not at proper rpm. When I try to idle it dies. I got mad the other day and squeezed the **** out of the primer bulb, till i had fuel spewing out of the carbs. Started it and it ran like a champ!!!!
After fishing for an hour I started it again w/out priming. RPMs will climb and then all is fine.
Why would smashing the primer bulb fix the problem? Is there a needle stuck somewhere? Why does the rpm climb?
Engine starts fine and runs at full throttle out of gear. But not at proper rpm. When I try to idle it dies. I got mad the other day and squeezed the **** out of the primer bulb, till i had fuel spewing out of the carbs. Started it and it ran like a champ!!!!
After fishing for an hour I started it again w/out priming. RPMs will climb and then all is fine.
Why would smashing the primer bulb fix the problem? Is there a needle stuck somewhere? Why does the rpm climb?