I just bought a boat and was told that it ran good but the carbs need to be cleaned, well I cleaned the carbs and is still runs like dump. Here is what it does...Start it up (have to choke it) let idle for a minute or 2, put it in gear and take off, the boat planes out then falls on its face (no power) after the boat is cold again it will do it all over again. It is acting like a coil pack to me, but I no nothing about boat motors. It is a evinrude 70hp from the early 80's. I did a compression check and the 3 cylinders were 120-130 with no leak down in a 1/2 hr. Boat experts what do you think? It is going into the shop Sat. wondering what to expect. Any of you work on motors around the New Ulm area that would like some cash?
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I just bought a boat and was told that it ran good but the carbs need to be cleaned, well I cleaned the carbs and is still runs like dump. Here is what it does...Start it up (have to choke it) let idle for a minute or 2, put it in gear and take off, the boat planes out then falls on its face (no power) after the boat is cold again it will do it all over again. It is acting like a coil pack to me, but I no nothing about boat motors. It is a evinrude 70hp from the early 80's. I did a compression check and the 3 cylinders were 120-130 with no leak down in a 1/2 hr. Boat experts what do you think? It is going into the shop Sat. wondering what to expect. Any of you work on motors around the New Ulm area that would like some cash?
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