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    1987 140 evinrude missing at idle speed

    with spark advance advanced runs good. lower spark advance and it develops a miss. if you can get in gear without it dying it runs good. i can put in gear before RPM drops to idel and give it gas and it runs good. idel speed in or out of gear has a bad miss.

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    Re: 1987 140 evinrude missing at idle speed (olefool)

    Welcome aboard, The gurus will be along... Post your modle and serial #'s to help the guys out.

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    Re: 1987 140 evinrude missing at idle speed (olefool)

    Sounds to me like the carbs need to be rebuilt. Had the same problem with a 1986
    200 HP Evinrude. Idle rough, but ran great at WOT. if I could get the engine to run up. Rebuilding the carbs did the trick. Runs great now with out issues. Good Luck.


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    Re: 1987 140 evinrude missing at idle speed (TritonAL 186)

    If the temp on a looper is too low, the fuel may not be burning properly. My guess is the recirc system nedds some attention. This will be done IF a good tune up is done to the engine when the carbs are rebuilt!

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