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"D K" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:
Took my boat out today. It ran fine at first, then has symptoms of fuel
starvation at high speeds, slowing to a crawl, and then hard to start and
keep running. Then it runs fine, starts fine, idles fine, high speed
fine. Then the other end again. I'm going to change the fuel filter on
the motor and see if that does it. After that, I guess it just has to go
to the shop. '89 Merc 4 cyl. 40 2 stroke.

Steve


80% of the time, the carb needs to be thoroughly cleaned when you have
symptoms like that.


Is that a thing that a decent DIYer can do?

Steve