effects of using old gas

floatmiboat

Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Sep 4, 2010
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Hi,
I just bought an 1999 4 stroke outboard. After we fired it up the guy said he was surprised that it started because the gas was from last fall. Seemed to idle a bit rough, when I got it home I dumped out all the old gas and put in some fresh stuff and ran it for a while. It was a bit rough for the first 10 mins but seems better now. I'm just concerned something could have been gunked up, should I do anything else or just continue to run it with fresh gas? Thanks
 

bktheking

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Re: effects of using old gas

If it were me I'd pull the carb and clean it, but that's me :D
 
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