I was a little dissapointed to find out my Jiffy is Scorched! I have a 9" 3 horse that is only 2 years old. It has always run really well and then totally quit the other day. Dead! So I took it in and they said it has been scorched and it is basically shot. Now, I take very good care of my equipment and always use the proper gas/oil mixture. I have contacted Jiffy and they referred to the Tecumseh distributor in the Twin Cities. I can see the writing on the wall already. "I am sorry sir, you have been running it to lean, you are SOL"
That response will really make me mad but I can see it coming already. My question to the experts is there other reasons the engine could be scorched versus running it to lean, which I know I haven't done. Again, the thing is only 2 years old.ScottS
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I was a little dissapointed to find out my Jiffy is Scorched! I have a 9" 3 horse that is only 2 years old. It has always run really well and then totally quit the other day. Dead! So I took it in and they said it has been scorched and it is basically shot. Now, I take very good care of my equipment and always use the proper gas/oil mixture. I have contacted Jiffy and they referred to the Tecumseh distributor in the Twin Cities. I can see the writing on the wall already. "I am sorry sir, you have been running it to lean, you are SOL"
That response will really make me mad but I can see it coming already. My question to the experts is there other reasons the engine could be scorched versus running it to lean, which I know I haven't done. Again, the thing is only 2 years old.ScottS
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