Re: 35 hp rude
Welcome to Iboats, Jake!<br /><br />Generally speaking, yes you fiddle with it until it runs well. A little more backgound is probably what you want though right? That controls the fuel mixture for the engine at idle. Universally, I set them the same way. Once the engine is all warmed up, set it to idle in gear. Then turn in (clockwise) the control until the engine begins to race a bit from running too lean, then out (counterclockwise) until it's happy and then a bit more. After that I accellerate quickly. If the engine hesitates or coughs, I richen up the mixture (counterclockwise) until it takes off properly. At that point, I center the control and basically don't play with it anymore.<br /><br />It takes a while for the engine to react to changes, so it's good to leave the engine run a few seconds every time you adjust the mixture control.<br /><br />Hope that answers your question!
