Leaking Throttle Body

mturnerua

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Newb here helping a friend get a '94 80hp mercury running he has that hasn't been started in a few years. I put fresh fuel in, pulled the plugs, oiled the cylinders and sprayed the carb/throttle body with seafoam before starting it up. I had the cover off the intake planning on spraying more seafoam through it when it was running. It fired right up but I noticed fule leaking from the small hole on the left between the 2 bolts. Sorry if this is a dumb question but what does this leaking mean and how do I fix it. Thanks
 

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Re: Leaking Throttle Body

Are you sure it is a 1994 80hp?

What is the s/n?

Gerry
 

mturnerua

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Re: Leaking Throttle Body

Well it had 1994 written on the side on the cylinder heads but I'm not sure. Serial is 6176377.
 

mturnerua

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Re: Leaking Throttle Body

Wow thats a lot older than i thought but yeah that's it. The plate is where it was leaking.
 

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Re: Leaking Throttle Body

So I ran it agian today for several minutes and no leak. I'm hoping it was just a stuck float or something that was allowing excess gas to leak out.
 
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