I have a 95 Suzuki 55 horse outboard. Something does not seem right, even though the motor runs OK when it is warmed up.
When I even step onto my boat (before I start it), I get an immediate gas slick surrounding the boat, just from the rocking of the boat. I replaced the gas line connector, but that didn't solve the problem. It seems as if the gas is coming from the exhaust by the propeller. When I started it last night there were a few oil droplets coming from the exhaust output as well. Is that normal?
The boat idles OK, not great but OK. It runs well once it is warmed up. It does hick-up (miss a beat) at 5100 RPM's (full throttle), but if I back off to 4800 or so it runs smooth. It seems to be tearing through gas right and left, though.
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 have a 95 Suzuki 55 horse outboard. Something does not seem right, even though the motor runs OK when it is warmed up.
When I even step onto my boat (before I start it), I get an immediate gas slick surrounding the boat, just from the rocking of the boat. I replaced the gas line connector, but that didn't solve the problem. It seems as if the gas is coming from the exhaust by the propeller. When I started it last night there were a few oil droplets coming from the exhaust output as well. Is that normal?
The boat idles OK, not great but OK. It runs well once it is warmed up. It does hick-up (miss a beat) at 5100 RPM's (full throttle), but if I back off to 4800 or so it runs smooth. It seems to be tearing through gas right and left, though.
Any ideas?
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