SSTKO81
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2009
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- 344
Rebuilt ‘81 140 doesnt like to start without really feathering the idle. -even if I’ve just shut it off, it won’t restart without pumping the throttle than holding it down to bring it up to 14-1600 RPM. After About 20-30 seconds of that I can bring it down to 1000 rpm and it’ll hang out there for maybe a minute or two than it begins to drop rpms and sputter as though it’s getting either too much or not enough fuel. If I grab the throttle and pump it a little it cames back up the 1500 rpm and the whole process starts over again. I was initially having some miss issues but that seems to have gone away once I bypassed the resistance wire to put a full 12v to the ignitor coil. Anyone have any thoughts? I’ve got good oil pressure at 40, fuel is fresh as of today, plugs were cleaned and gapped before firing, fuel pump is 3 years old but has less than 3hours on it. Fuel lines are new and carb was rebuilt last spring.