jdeloney
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- Apr 16, 2011
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I have a 1984 Merc 90 "tower of power" inline 6 with 3 carbs. When I tilt the motor up for storage fuel drips from the carb openings and gets all over the carb bodies and some hoses. It also seems to be dripping from the gold "screws" depicted in the photos.
At the lake, the bulb pumps up fine in about 4 pumps. The engine is kinda hard to start (takes about 1.5 minutes.) When I get it started, I can move the throttle anywhere in the first 1/4th forward and the motor picks up slowly then suddenly jumps to that setting and is fine from then on. Any throttle over about 1/4th seems normal from there to WOT it is a fine engine.
Is this dripping normal? What can be done?
At the lake, the bulb pumps up fine in about 4 pumps. The engine is kinda hard to start (takes about 1.5 minutes.) When I get it started, I can move the throttle anywhere in the first 1/4th forward and the motor picks up slowly then suddenly jumps to that setting and is fine from then on. Any throttle over about 1/4th seems normal from there to WOT it is a fine engine.
Is this dripping normal? What can be done?