noboatsmarts
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Hi all. I'm trying to get my boat ready for the family fishing trip and can't keep it running. I admittedly don't know much about engines, but can enlist the help of my father-in-law if we can just get pointed in the right direction.
I have a 2003 25hp 4 stroke tohatsu outboard. Every year I replace the plugs (appropriately gapped), change the oil/filter, and give it a fresh tank of gas with Sea Foam additive to get things started. This year is no different except that I used a Fram oil filter instead of a Wix and can't get it to stay running unless I stay on the throttle.
It doesn't sound terrible, but when I raise the RPMs it seems to belch intermittently. That's the best way I can explain it. It will purr for a minute then start letting out intermittent "brrrurrrps". When I back off the throttle to let it idle it instantly dies. Any ideas as to what's going wrong?
I have a 2003 25hp 4 stroke tohatsu outboard. Every year I replace the plugs (appropriately gapped), change the oil/filter, and give it a fresh tank of gas with Sea Foam additive to get things started. This year is no different except that I used a Fram oil filter instead of a Wix and can't get it to stay running unless I stay on the throttle.
It doesn't sound terrible, but when I raise the RPMs it seems to belch intermittently. That's the best way I can explain it. It will purr for a minute then start letting out intermittent "brrrurrrps". When I back off the throttle to let it idle it instantly dies. Any ideas as to what's going wrong?
