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    Hard starting

    Hello, I have an old 70s Volvo Penta 90 2-cycle that I have been working on. I have her running pretty well but she is hard to start. With a small 12 volt jump-battery (or a 12v deep cycle) she is hard to start but if I hook the batteries up in series (24v) the starter turns quickly and she...
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    volvo penta 90, only runs on choke

    Hello, I am trying to repair a volvo penta 90. After a thorough carb cleaning I got it to run on choke but it stalls out of the choke is completely closed. If the choke is even open a few mm it will still run. It produces a ton of smoke and if I run it like this for a while fuel starts...
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    Swapping / Interchanging carbs

    Hello, I have a volvo penta 90 (~9hp outboard) that I am unable to get to run w/o the choke on (though the choke only needs to be open a tiny bit). I notice after I run her for a bit with the choke open a bit there is some fuel dripping out of the throat of the carb. I have cleaned the carb...
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    carb tuning 4hp tohatau

    Hello, I was wondering if anyone can provide some tips.on tuning my tohatsu carb. Lately, it has been stalling at low rpms but otherwise runs well except it briefly loses some power at 3/4 throttle. I have tried increasing the idle speed but to get the idle fast enough so it doesn't stall...
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