) that the motor ran like way too rich. I've checked the fuel pump for pin holes, carb float, jets, vacuum leaks, compression, coils, CDI, trigger switch, power coil, wiring harness, fuel mix for water, timing, water pump rubber grommet... Head gasket, exhaust gasket and left cover gasket are new. Plugs were wet and clear white so I thought that the only reason for all this is water going into the cylinders. I checked the head with feeler gauge, straightedge and light. Between the cylinders I could see the light under the straightedge so I sanded the head and now it's flat for sure. Test drive tomorrow..
) with a Sierra kit and all the slow speed circuit is cleaned too. Strange thing is that the motor likes to run normal idle only when the mixture screw is turned out only 0.75 turns but then it becomes too lean and stall in a few seconds.. If out like 1 and 1/4 or 1 and 1/2 it idles very rough and smokes a lot too. I tried with another carb from a 88' 20 hp Evinrude and the idle was a bit better but not much.. Also when i last tested it and tried to start after stalling there was a lot of resistance when I pulled the rope. Water in Cylinder? It seems that it had a random spark on both cylinders. I changed trigger coil and power coil from another motor but that didn't help. With my luck the parts that I swapped had gone bad in a few weeks. I don't know what to do with these things..I gave up. Checked everything and no change. Now I have two motors that won't run..
I still have my trusty 75' Johnson 6 Horse, ran fine last year but not big enough for my bigger boat. I need something between 20-30 hp to power my boat. What do you people think that is the most reliable motor from the 90's or 2000 up? Or should I continue to fight with these?:facepalm:
