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    good reason to have all your straps and chains on

    Just me and my girlfriend driving along and I see a guy gun it to get into a roundabout. Boat comes right off the back of the trailer. All he had holding the boat on was the winch, no transom straps or safety chain. Good thing it was in a residential neighborhood at a stop sign not on the...
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    15hp hydrolocking

    I have a 15 Evinride that I think is hydrolocking. I think that a large amount of liquid fuel is getting in to the cylinders. One of the users of this engine said that one day it just stopped working. So when I get to it I pump the fuel line bulb and notice that it is not getting hard. It...
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    question about choke on johnson 30

    I am the equipment manager for the FSU rowing team. I have had great results asking questions here in the past and I thank you all. now I have another one. I have a Johnson 30 that has a hard time starting up cold. It has been in and out of the shop a few times and the last time I was in...
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    1990s 9.9 idle and starting issue

    I have a 9.9 evinrude that will start up cold on 1-2 pulls. I can then run it around all day as long as I don't let it die. It will hold a high idle OK. But if it dies it takes a long time pulling for it to restart. At idle it will pump water fairly well but it is not as strong as the 15...
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    9.9 evinrude not running full speed

    So 2 days ago I thought that I fixed this but apparently not. Well the story is that a 9.9 Evinrude will start up and idle great, it will rev in neutral just fine but when it goes in gear it bogs and puts out a lot of white smoke. Last time some people said that it could be a head gasket what...
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    Hi and looking for some advice

    Hi, I have been lurking around here for sometime now maintaining 4 outboards for the FSU rowing team. I finally have a problem that I can't solve with the FAQ. My problem is with a 9.9 evinrude. I was doing some summer maintenance and noticed that the engine was running very rough. And...
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