1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

jonoman69

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Hi I have a 1989 evinrude 30 hp. I cant seem to get it to idle for me. When I first got it earlier in the ear it idled fine, always a little fussy when she was cold but once warm it ran fine. Now it will not stay idleing, it will run sputter then backfire. Once you give it some gas its fine, and it will run from wide open right down to almost a troll speed fine but once put in neutral or to low it backfires and shuts down. I replaced the spark plugs, and had the carb apart, the carb was clean all the jets where clear. I tried adjusting the low speed mixture because i was told that was normally due to running to lean, but that didnt help at all. Now im pretty much stumped, any ideas??
 

Daviet

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Re: 1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

How did you adjust the low speed needle, gently seated and then 1 1/2 turns out?
 

jonoman69

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Re: 1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

Yes. I turned it in gently then out 1 and a quarter i believe, that is what is says on the motor anyhow. But after trying that i then slowly richened and tried slowly leaning neither took away the backfire or made it idle any better.
 

Daviet

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Re: 1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

Do some basic checks, compression and spark tests, see what you get.
 

preps1

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Re: 1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

I have the same problem with the same model.
Did you solve your problem?
 

Cofe

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Re: 1989 evinrude 30hp wont idle???

It would be best preps1 to create a new post to get the proper help. It is difficult to reply to address several different problem motors on the same post. Even older ones at that, where the OP has left, and hasn't returned to the forum.
 
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