MJS
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2009
- Messages
- 124
1990 force 120
I have to keep cleaning plugs after each trip to the lake. I didnt do it once and it left me sitting a few miles from the marina and had to be towed back. The carbon builds up, but you can pull them and scrape it off with your fingernail, pop it back in and off you go. Now I have added a sparkplug wrench to my boat box. I wonder if its a mixture thing or idle setting? If I try to troll slowly the engine dies. If I try to switch from reverse to forward without a few seconds pause, it dies. Added a temp gauge to the head and it stays at 138-142 degrees.
I have to keep cleaning plugs after each trip to the lake. I didnt do it once and it left me sitting a few miles from the marina and had to be towed back. The carbon builds up, but you can pull them and scrape it off with your fingernail, pop it back in and off you go. Now I have added a sparkplug wrench to my boat box. I wonder if its a mixture thing or idle setting? If I try to troll slowly the engine dies. If I try to switch from reverse to forward without a few seconds pause, it dies. Added a temp gauge to the head and it stays at 138-142 degrees.