cost of carb cleaning/rebuild?

[dajohnson53]

Hi: at the end of last season I purchased an older, but very clean and very low hours (~150 hrs), 200 HP Johnson carbureted outboard. I ran it for several hours to test it and to also empty my built in tanks so I could refill with fresh gas for the winter lay up.

The engine ran great: started easily, idled smoothly, great acceleration and great top end and WOT rpms. I'm very happy.

I winterized it with fogging oil and ran through with fresh gas with stabilizer. I "think" previous owner had it professionally winterized, but it hadn't been run for a couple of years and just a few hours per year for about 10 years before that.

I always read that one should get the carbs rebuilt on any older, unknown maintenance engine.

Questionn 1: Would you, even though it seems to run pefecttly?

2: what would you expect it to cost for a v6?

3: will this also require a complete tune up including link and sync? If so, how much should the whole thing cost?

I've rebuilt carb on my kicker, but have no desire to get into this thing, especially if it requires link and sync, timing, etc. Just don't have the time, tools or ability. Don't mind paying a pro to do pro's work if it's needed.

Thanks for any advice and info you can give.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: cost of carb cleaning/rebuild?

if it is running perfectly and you are using seafoam in your fuel. you can go years without a carb rebuild. i worry more about impellers, than carbs.

 

[Gary H NC]

Re: cost of carb cleaning/rebuild?

Thats one of those cases of if its not broke don't fix it.
TD gave you great advice,check the impeller and change the gear lube,good to go another season..

 

[dajohnson53]

Re: cost of carb cleaning/rebuild?

Thats one of those cases of if its not broke don't fix it.
TD gave you great advice,check the impeller and change the gear lube,good to go another season..

Thanks guys. Yes, I did change the impeller first thing, so that's a known quantity at this point. I happen to be running a jet lower unit so there's no gear lube - although I did change the gear lube on the prop lower unit I got with the engine before putting it in the shed.