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Default Underpowered Johnson 50

A real honest to god mechanic helping like that? Definitely worth $20.

"Garland Gray" wrote in message
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For $20, this guy will give you a list of things to check,and he will keep
at it until the problem is solved.
It worked for me. I got to the end of his initial list and fixed a poor
running motor by cleaning out a carb jet with a little piece of wire.
http://www.maxrules.com/fixelink.html


"Michael D" wrote in message
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Went up to a friends place to help him with the boat and the engine is
running way underpowered from where it normally is. When we are going
full throttle it is only acting like a 20hp. I checked the plugs,
neither look corroded, just looks like they have some oil on them.
Checked what I assumed was the throttle just making sure the levers
and stuff were moving their full range. The engine doesn't sound like
it is struggling, and it's not getting as loud as it should when we
open it up, it just basically acting like a 20.\
Thanks in advance!