Re: The Motor won't start??
 

Ferm is right. For this reason, I'm having my local neighborhood outboard mechanic meet me at the water this evening to adjust my idle...

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

wow I am glad you came on!!!!!!m mI was just going out the door!! :o

Also the guy said that he put a new water every January including this past one, but water comes out the tell tail slow, will that get better in the water also??

Thanks

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I don't have a local guy that will meet me? I would have to pay thur the nose or do it myself. :-/

And CB is no help :'(

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

Perhaps you could get 'r' done by using some makeshift barrel/bucket or something to fill with water and lower the foot into so as to create some backpressure? You'd just have to be careful to give the prop clearance and keep the water coming into the barrel/bucket or whatever... It would have to be fairly large though...

I don't know; just a thought.

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

Have you removed the carb plugs and sprayed cleaner thru the holes?
Not running, high idle and shutting off could be slightly clogged jets

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

The loopers seem to flow alot of water through them, many times a hose won't supply enough enough volume. You may also have some debris in the tell tale spout. Another thing to consider is that alot of guys down here yank the T-stats out due to the high water temps. These engines are actually pretty easy to work on once you get aquainted with them.

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

This time of year I have a bunch of ramps not in heavy use on the week days, so I can just dip it in the water on the traikler for that matter and do it.

The guy had the motor on the boat till the day it was shipped, so its been down for 2 weeks.
Will havingn it lay on its side for that long cause anything?

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Be careful what you spray on those plastic carb bodies, carb cleaner WILL!!!! melt them(don't ask). You have to use very mild cleaners to clean them out. I like to use WD-40 and compressed air for just spraying them off(gas would work as well). OMC ENGINE TUNER is the only thing that I know of you can dip the carbs in to clean them.

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I've seen these V-6 loopers idle at 2000, and then drop down to a 600 idle in the water. Back pressure is VERY crucial on a looper. Loopers flow more efficiently up high, and tend to produce more high rpm HP, whereas cross-flows pull extremely good down low. This is why many people were dissapointed with loopers when they first came out. There boats would rocket on plane with the C.F. engine but fall off up high, the loopers would struggle to get on plane but once they got on top would fly up high. This is why most small HP engines are C.F.'s. Don't pass judgement on the engine until you get it in the water.

Re: The Motor won't start??
 

Well removing carbs is not on the list of things to do! :o

I am sure if I take to the water like you say and add some new plugs and see what happens.

Do you use a old pulse car timer to time the outboard??