Hi Larry,
You are possibly right about the floats, although in preliminary discussions with
outboard mechanics, they point the finger at the extremely fine jets in the 4-stroke
engines. One mechanic said gasoline dries to a powdery residue, which then can
become imbedded in these jets. This problem seems peculiar to 4-stroke engines.
My former 2-strokes never needed a carburator cleaning or rebuild. Why is this
sensitivity of 4-strokes one of the world's greatest secrets? I would have taken
extra pains to run something like 'Stabil' through the carbs before storing the engine.
I might have not bought a 4-stroke if I thought they would be so problematic. I
checked the engine today and gas is definitely coming out of the hose that supplies
the carborator. I will probably have to get my boat towed to the nearest mechanic.
I hope they don't have to remove the engine from the boat to do this job.

Sherwin D.

Larry wrote:

sherwindu wrote in
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or fully cover the air inlet to assist in getting fuel to the engine.
Is that a good idea?


Wanna bet the inside of the float carb looks like it's coated in shellac
from the evaporating fuel left in it? Running it until it stalls only gets
part of the gas out of the float bowl. The rest turned to shellac and
clogged the jets so it runs way too lean.

Government bureaucrats and Greenies made this worse by demanding
manufacturers limit how far you can screw the jets in and out...as if that
made any difference in the pollution of the planet from jet aircraft and
power plants and solar wind. So, you can't unscrew the main jet any more
until it melts the shellac away like you "ustacould way back". The main
jet isn't even adjustable and the idle jet only turns half a turn.....how
stupid.....

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Larry