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    Why 4 carburetors?

    Can someone here explain to me why a 4 cylinder outboard boat motor needs a carburetor for each cyli der? Seems like just more things to fail.<br /><br />Does it have to do with the fact that it is a 2 cycle engine?<br /><br />Why do automobile engines with 8 cylinders only need 1 carburetor?
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    Fix for Johnson 2000 90HP missing above 3000RPM

    I just found the problem with my 2000 90HP Johnson outboard motor. The symptom was the motor idled fine and ran fine up until about 3000RPMs then it acted like it was missing and would sputter, not getting above 3500 RPMs at full throttle. This happened even from a cold start. Turned out that...
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