6 hp johnson stalling

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Any body ever hear of putting an ounce of acetone to 5 gallons of fuel to clean carb and reeds as it runs? My 6 hp johnson runs fine and runs OK at slower speeds. When you try to get down to and idle or a little above it trys to stall. Makes it hard to crab. Anyway when pulling boat out of the water yesterday, a guy on the dock tells me that if I add an ounce of acetone to five gallons, it will clear it up before the first tank is gone. Anyone ever hear of this?

Paul

 

[boobie]

The guy on the dock is either friggin nuts or drunk. Check your compression and if that's okay do your carb.

 

[tondss]

My 6hp Johnson does the same thing! I planned to clean the carb and see what happens I'll keep you posted!

 

[tondss]

Update: I went ahead and cleaned the carb. It took me about 45min. It was a B trying to get the carbs nuts back on when ready for install. I used wd40 and compressed air. It runs 1000 times better. I didn't even buy a carb kit. I'm actually scared it's running to good. I reved it and couldn't believe how high it spun. I hope I didn't do anything wrong lol. I tightend the bottom high speed bolt down supppper tight. I couldn't be happier no more dieing at idle when trying to turn the throttle up. Good luck!

P.S go to YouTube there is a guy that shows an easy way to remove the carb. It's like a 10 video segment.