dies when put in gear while in water only. on hose it shifts fine. cant get the idle any lower than 1,200. in order to move in water i have to rev it then shove it in forward once its warmed up. if not warm enough itll stall out within a blink if an eye.
on hose i cant get the idle lower than 1200rpm. itll stall out then be hard starting again if i try to go lower.
has new coils and wires from previous owner. i just put new plugs in it.
the first time i had it on the water i figured there was a carb problem. found one float full of gas. ordered 3 floats, and 3 sets of inlet needles, seats and seat gaskets. also carb gasket sets.
put it all back together not moving the carb idle screws. pump in fuel and find hoses now leaking. purchased all new gas lines and used metal hose clamps.
still can not get idle lower and still stalls soon as i put it in gear while submerged unless i rev it up first.
i now have setup a barrel to run the motor in the garage so i dont have to keep pulling it out to run it
ive searched and there are 3,000 opinions, one as silly as regulator/rectifier was the cause of the problem
i got this motor cheap and was all good except bottom end was warn pretty good from being run with water in it. replaced bunch of stuff down in there plus water pump. so i dont have a lot invested and dont mind fixing a couple things here and there, but im not gonna spend 1k at a shop to fix something that is probably gonna be just that one simply thing i could test or rebuild.
i have a 25 mariner on my little'er boat and that was a vacuum leak at the carb. SIMPLE, but it drove me nuts for a month untill i figure it out
---------- i am interested in hearing what i should do next but must also mention, since i have it in the back of my mind, that i might want to pull the jets and make sure its all clean in there just for peace of mind? The motor before i got it didnt sit more that 1 year. the carbs were very very clean and the guy said it ran fine when removed from boat. the thing that made him remove it was it didnt go into reverse anymore. it wasnt a cable, it was the wear on bottom end parts! No lube, just water!
gonna add stuff as i remember:
EDIT 1: New fuel filter
EDIT 2: just found bearing oiler line to top of powerhead is cracked and leaking. parts list it as (HOSE, BALANCE-MAIN BEARING) Pulling electrical mounting board to replace those lines and inspect further.
EDIT 3: NOPE, its listed as 2 check valves and bleed hose. the main bearing hoses are behind carbs. probably check those real good too