Posted by John M on November 15, 2011 at 07:46:41 from (68.115.194.228):
In Reply to: small engine surging posted by Zachary Hoyt on November 15, 2011 at 07:09:04:
Completely different situation, but our old Johnson engine on our old boat was bad about fouling plugs, constantly needing the carbs rebuilt, etc., etc. Dad finally had an old Navy mechanic take a look at it. After some work, he went to the lake with it, adjusted the carbs on it, and told us whenever we were done getting it on the trailer, before we pulled it out of the water, disconnect the line from the tank, then shut it off when it just started to speed up. Said something about it burning off the oil that had accumulated in the cylinders and carbs or something to that effect. I may have it all backwards, but we never had any further trouble with it for the 7 or 8 years we owned it after that.
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