18hp tohatsu won't idle

mike bartoli

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Aug 17, 2007
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Does anyone know what might cause an 18 hp tohatsu to die when pulled back to an idle? It runs fine above idle and with a load on it. When it starts to die at idle, I can keep it running for a bit longer by playing with the choke but eventually it dies out. I have taken the carb off to inspect and clean it. set the idle screw to 1-1/2 - 1-3/4 turns out. I'm suspecting now that it has to be in the idle circuit of the carb but might be overlooking something else too. Any thoughts or sugestions would be much appreciated.

Mike
 
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