fishthebay
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2001
- Messages
- 180
Hi all. I did a few posts last month in regards to my 1987 85HP Force Outboard.<br /><br />Here is the trouble.> When first started (starts fine) it seems to idel kinda low and will miss on occasion. Also, sometimes has a tendacy to die out when first put in gear.<br /><br />Once you are on your way the thing runs great at low level, mid level and WOT. It runs fine just giving it a little gas, but idle is the problem. Again, I do notice a miss sometimes.<br /><br />These are things I have done-<br /><br />1) Decarb treatment<br />2) Fresh fuel/oil mix 50:1<br />3) Primer bulb is hard and no leaks in the fuel line.<br />4) Fuel filter screen clean.<br />5) New plugs after decarb.<br /><br />I also turned up the idle speed screw a turn. This seems to help a little, but still getting the miss and rough and sporadic idle.<br /><br />I can see the carb (rich/lean) adjustment screws, but the bottom carb would be virtually impossible to get to because the motor casing seems to be in the way to get a screwdriver down there.<br /><br />My plugs also seem to get wetness (gas/oil mix) on them after removing. Not a ton, but I don't know if they should be getting that.<br /><br />Any suggestions?<br /><br />Also, does this cause any harm to the motor to keep running it this way? It seems to go just fine once you get going.<br /><br />The idle also seems to be better once the boat has ran for a while and you are stopping to fish.<br /><br />Thanks in advance...
