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MOTOR TROUBLE.....CARB?
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<blockquote data-quote="shawnfish" data-source="post: 209040" data-attributes="member: 4468"><p>I POSTED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT MY 1980 25HP JOHNSON RUNNING FINE AT 5MPH BUT SPUTTERING AND WANTING TO DIE AT A HIGHER SPEED. SOMEONE SUGGESTED MAKING SURE THE FUEL TANK WAS VENTED WICH IVE NEVER DONE BUT IT WORKED.....UNTILL NOW. IT DOES THE OPPOSITE THING, RUNS GREAT OPENED UP BUT WANT TO DIE AT IDLE AND SLOW SPEEDS. THE CARB IS WHAT COMES TO MIND FIRST,COULD IT BE THE FUEL PUMP? I CHECKED THE FILTER AND ITS FINE. I WANT TO TRY TO FIX IT MYSELF BEFORE TAKING IT IN TO GET LOOKED AT. IM BY NO MEANS A MECHANIC BUT AM VERY MECHANICALLY INCLINED. ANY SUGGESTIONS?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shawnfish, post: 209040, member: 4468"] I POSTED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT MY 1980 25HP JOHNSON RUNNING FINE AT 5MPH BUT SPUTTERING AND WANTING TO DIE AT A HIGHER SPEED. SOMEONE SUGGESTED MAKING SURE THE FUEL TANK WAS VENTED WICH IVE NEVER DONE BUT IT WORKED.....UNTILL NOW. IT DOES THE OPPOSITE THING, RUNS GREAT OPENED UP BUT WANT TO DIE AT IDLE AND SLOW SPEEDS. THE CARB IS WHAT COMES TO MIND FIRST,COULD IT BE THE FUEL PUMP? I CHECKED THE FILTER AND ITS FINE. I WANT TO TRY TO FIX IT MYSELF BEFORE TAKING IT IN TO GET LOOKED AT. IM BY NO MEANS A MECHANIC BUT AM VERY MECHANICALLY INCLINED. ANY SUGGESTIONS? [/QUOTE]
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