Quick update- I adjusted the low speed needle and the "cough" seemed to go away. The motor was running a lot better but still not great in my opinion. I ended up taking it for a quick sea trial and the motor wants to stall under load. No problem revving in neutral, only under load. I'm going to...
Thank you both for your replies. Both cylinders are at 135 psi.
I'll search around to see if I can find the low speed idle setting and adjust accordingly. I've had the carb apart twice and haven't seen any junk in it. I also cleaned out the fuel filter but it was pretty clean to begin with.
Hello,
I recently purchased a jon boat from someone with the a 30hp 2-stroke Johnson which was said to be in good running condition although it had sat for roughly 9 months. After not being able to get it to run, I replaced the plugs and cleaned out the carb and it fired first pull although it...
