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    70 hp rpm,

    Want to thank all that has helped me get my evinrude up and going. It runs great now. All I want to know is before I cleaned tha carbs I could not go under 4.7 mph without it dying, now I can go to 2.5 mph but it starts to run rough. Should I increase my idle? It Idles at 750 rpms warm and in...
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    1988 70 HP EVINRUDE

    Runs great except for idle can I use carb cleaner. How can I just clean out low speed without total rebuild. Never done it and scared to try myself.
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    70 Evinrude rough idle

    My boat runs fine at anything over a slow idle. It shakes and runs rough and slow when trying to go slow. It even kills when in no wake zones. Will carb cleaner help and if so how much should I use. One guy suggested sea foam directly into the carbs...I put on new pump and gas lines and new...
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    engine bogging

    1988 70hp Evinrude, After 4000 rpms bogs down,put back to 1/2 throttle runs great. Did Compression test got a 120,110,120 reading, Cleaned fuel filter. What is my next step. Someone told me to try Sea Foam for boats. The old owner told me to use high test gas. He owned the boat since new. What...
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    Compression on 1988 70 hp evinrude

    What is the compression supposed to be on a 1988 70 hp Evinrude. Also what is to low.
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    Slowing down at high rpm

    I have a 1988 70hp Evinrude, I bought it 2 months ago, It had not been run in two years. It it ran rough at idol. But seemed to be good through two tanks of gas. Now when I get into the higher rps it wont run good unless I take it down to 4000 rpms. Help
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    tach & Depthfinder

    I just put in a depth finder 1 month ago. The last time I took out my boat, Yesterday. The battery was dead. The depthfinder came on but not enough juice to start the boat. A fisherman let me use his battery to get my boat started. But when I hooked my battery back up I noticed that my...
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