New find on my 76 evinrude 85hp

derekrain

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Well I have been working on this motor for awhile and have been having many issues I decarbed and I even ran a bottle of seafoam as instructed on package new fuel line , fuel pump ect ect. Well yesterday I took it out and of course would not fire. plugs werent bone dry but were mostly dry, took a windex bottle with mixed gas 50:1 and sprayed in the #1 CYLINDER AND IT FIRED. Needless to say wasnt getting gas, well I pulled carbs and checked for stuck floats however was sure they were free as I just cleaned the carbs a few weeks ago. I decided to do a full tear down on the carbs 3 of the 4 #27 jets were plugged. it appears that residue from cutting the new fuel lines have plugged the jet!!

So as a quick tip from my experience clean new lines before installing.

I haven't tried to start the motor yet as it got dark before I got the carbs fully reassembled and installed. I hope by days end to have it up running and catching me fishy's
 
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