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I have a 1996 Force 75. This year has been a trip. Just replaced the head gasket as the #1 cylinder had low compression and water beads on the spark plug. I also replaced the gaskets and cleaned the carb real good. One big problem though is that I am getting a lot of fuel coming out of my...
I have been having a real hard time with this motor this year. I finally tested the compression. I am pulling 60 lbs on the top cylinder and 120 on the other two. Looks like there may be a little water on the top cylinder as well.
What now?
I have a 96 Force Outboard that started giving me trouble this year probably due to bad fuel. It started out by stalling all the time at idle. I decarbed and then had a problem with stalling at idle and then bogging down and stalling when raising the throttle under way. Funny thing is that it...
