hi my name is chris i have a 140 horse,4cyl,2 stroke older suzuki outboard runs perfect out of water in gear with a hose connected for water but with motor in water will run and idle perfect but as soon as you put it in gear it wants to die right away was wondering if there is a timing advance computer or something that adjustes the idle up when the motor is in gear and under a load if you have any answers for me please call me at 530-320-7731 or email me at cjones6485@hotmail.com thank you and have a great day.
<br /><br />First you need to find out if it is running on all cylinders. My guess is not. Outboards will seem to run fine on one or two cylinders without a load.<br /><br />With the engine at idle on the muffs disable each spark plug, in turn. If the rpm drops that cylinder is making power. If there is no change in rpm that cylinder is not making power.<br /><br />Dead side by side cylinders are probably fed by a bad carb. Other combinations are more likely to be ignition related.<br /><br />Let us know what you find and we can go from there.<br /><br />Good luck.