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Mix at 24:1-----But you will get many different opinions on oil and lubrication.----No needle bearings so they need oil for cooling.----Need oil to set up the " hydrodynamic wedge " in these bearings.
A lean sneeze.----Open low speed mixture needle some more.-----And make sure the throttle plate is closed at idle.-----And make sure throttle plate is not opening too early .-----Simple fix in my opinion.
Nope ----It is the principle of refrigeration.----A liquid ( gasoline ) vaporizing needs HEAT.-----It gets that heat from the carburetor and intake manifold.-----That is why they cool down.-----No cooling water near the intake manifold.---Not caused by a blown head gasket.
Yes I know your motor has 6 carburetors.----Time to dig in and learn this simple work.-----Or dig into your life savings if you decide on getting a shop to do the work !!
It is on YOU TUBE after all.-----A cheap platform to promote your product.-----A SUPERBOWL commercial costs millions.----Do $10,000 damage to an electric pick-up and have it all over the social media world is cheap !!
If it runs with key pushed in the fuel pump is working just fine.----If the motor sat for 5 years with mixed fuel in the carburetors , you need to clean the carburetors.-----Do not run the motor without cleaning the carburetors !
Just use a product called ----HI-VIS gear oil.----Available at any boat shop / BRPP / Johnson / Evinrude dealer and perhaps even that " China Mart "------No point skimping on oil as saving a few beer tokens is not worth it.----Gears / bearings are expensive.
They own the brand names " Johnson " and " Evinrude ".-----They could revive the brands one day.-----The public will buy in.-----After all I understand that the public is ready to shell out many dollars to electric vehicle companies.----Ones that have never put a product on the road and no...