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Still having the same problem with my 1985 140. it acts like it has a serious miss at idle. only when in gear. in neutral it runs great but as soon as you put it in gear it sputters and surges and dies. if you throttle it up quickly it runs great.
compression is exactly 120 across The board
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I just recently picked up a 1985 140 evinrude and threw it on my little ski boat. this motor had sat for a while before i got it. it surges at wot and spits and sputters and dies at idle. it seems a little low on power. it only pushes my 15 foot ski boat at 44mph with a 19 pitch prop...