catfish hunter
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- Aug 15, 2007
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I have a 1987 dt65 65hp outboad thats really sick. Im thinking its the reeds but I wanted to see what you guys thought about it first. Now first let me tell you a little about the motor. Like i said its a 1987 65hp suzuki that is on the back of a pontoon. I had to do a de-carb, carb rebiuld and a new fuel pump due to other problems that came up. After that it ran great for a few weeks.
Today we took it out and after running for about 20 mins. The motor acted like it was running on two cylinders. I had it at full throttle but we were going maybe half the speed and the motor was bogging down bad. I stopped and pulled the cover off and she ran like a top but with a little bit more noise then normal. Got back to the dock and checked out the cover for blockage but there was none. I could smell gas bad. I put my hand in front of the carbs and the center carb was pushing air and fuel back out(while it was running). I have never messed with reeds before and was wondering how hard of a job is it Or could it be something else?
Thanks
Jason
Today we took it out and after running for about 20 mins. The motor acted like it was running on two cylinders. I had it at full throttle but we were going maybe half the speed and the motor was bogging down bad. I stopped and pulled the cover off and she ran like a top but with a little bit more noise then normal. Got back to the dock and checked out the cover for blockage but there was none. I could smell gas bad. I put my hand in front of the carbs and the center carb was pushing air and fuel back out(while it was running). I have never messed with reeds before and was wondering how hard of a job is it Or could it be something else?
Thanks
Jason