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Question for any of you experts. Just bought the boat with a Volvo AQ131A. Hand't ran for about two years prior. Started it and it ran pretty well. Decieded to pull the carb and clean it and a new kit, new gas, plugs and wires. Went to start it again, runs for about 30 seconds and then coughs...
I pulled off the carb (Solex), cleaned it up from the two years sitting without running. Reinstalled and here is the trouble: It will only start when I have the throttle forward. It will run for about 20 seconds and backfire out of the carb with a mist of fuel. When I start in nuetral It will...
