Gentleman;
I am new to Iboats, so please bear with me, i have a 78 Evinrude 140, idles nice, starts good, pretty good compression, until last weekend. In the river, I can run it, idle, and throttle just fine, however in forward i cannot get above 2000 rpm. however in reverse i can get plenty (5000-5500) rpm. I have a dual lever remote control. I cleaned the carbs, checked the fuel system and pump. like i said, this motor runs great in rev. and nuetral. I am starting to look at the lower unit. I can feel no binding, i removed the lower unit, shifted it and rotated the prop. seems very smooth.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
I am new to Iboats, so please bear with me, i have a 78 Evinrude 140, idles nice, starts good, pretty good compression, until last weekend. In the river, I can run it, idle, and throttle just fine, however in forward i cannot get above 2000 rpm. however in reverse i can get plenty (5000-5500) rpm. I have a dual lever remote control. I cleaned the carbs, checked the fuel system and pump. like i said, this motor runs great in rev. and nuetral. I am starting to look at the lower unit. I can feel no binding, i removed the lower unit, shifted it and rotated the prop. seems very smooth.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
