Lil' Blue Rude » 05 Mar 2014, 19:48[/url]"]What size and model is the motor? Guessing omc in the 25hp range? Did you have much trouble starting it? Might have flooded a little when you first tried starting it. It could be a couple different things causing it. I'd get the motor in some water were there will be a load on the impeller and see how it idles, If it's having problems idling I'd be looking at the carb (or carbs depending on the motor lol) to see if one may be flooding due to a stuck needle. I'd also pull the plugs and see how they look to see if one is a little more wet or dry then the others. Might have a fouled plug. Might have a reed that's not sealing properly, but I'd lean towards the carbs. Or if the motor runs fine in the water it may just be a little rich and that's causing extra gas to exit the exhaust in the jet pump or flooded when you first started it. Just throwing out ideas, I normally have some fuel/ sludge mix coming out of my exhaust in the pump with my motor. I wouldn't be too worried about it though, I don't think it will be anything major if there is a problem.