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    87 Evinrude 140 High Fuel Consumption

    Hello All! My family and I just returned from vacation with the boat ( a 19' aluminum). I could be wrong, but I think I should be getting better mileage from it. It caught my attention the end of last season when I thought I was burning alot of fuel. I paid closer attention to it this vacation...
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    87 140 Evinrude V4 Problem

    Hello, All! Ran this motor all last week, without any problems in the first half of the week. Midweek it started bogging down at WOT. Seems to run OK at 5000 RPM or less, but once I go full throttle,or over 5000 RPM, it goes, then boggs, and goes etc.. Seems to be idling a little rough, like...
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    '87 Evinrude 140 dies on idle

    Greetings, Everyone! The problem I'm having started sometime last year. Motor starts good after priming, it will idle fine for about 5 minutes or so, then will cough and die, even at low forward speed. If I keep priming, it keeps running. I took the carbs off for a cleaning, and there was what...
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