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    RPMs out of control

    Took the boat out yesterday and she gets up on plane if I apply slow steady gas then seems to over throttle. Seems way faster than before the crash and the rpms fluctuate sometimes from half throttle to full. No fluctuation near idle speed. Im gonna check cylinder compression and try a carb...
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    RPMs out of control

    The prop wasn't damaged discerningly the gearbox took the full impact i guess. Didn't find any loose bolts anywhere thankfully.
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    RPMs out of control

    I have a 15hp yamaha tiller (15FMH) I I hit something at full throttle around 35mph, the engine took a really hard hit, I was thrown from the boat but managed to get a handhold on the transom and pull the kill rope that i wasn't wearing 😬 The engine appears fine on the outside but now its rpms...
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    50hp Johnson spitting fuel/won't run above 3500 rpm

    1973 Johnson 50ESL73R 50hp Outboard I'm posting here because I've tried everything I can think of or read about for the last 4 months to get this outboard running correctly. I can get it to fire up and run smooth at idle and run 3500 rpm's WOT but spits fuel out of the overflow tube when...
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    Can this be repaired?

    I have a 1973 Johnson 50hp that is leaking oil from a very small hole/crack on top of the engine when the motor is under load. I haven't performed a compression test yet, but if the cylinders have good compression can I ignore it? Can these kinds of cracks be repaired with bondo or something...
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