hello all. Hope you are already up and running. I just put the zxi back together after cleaning out the gas tank. It had black gummy crud in it. Lots of it. I was hoping that was the only source of the zxi's idling problems.
All the following was done on land with a water hose:
First off...
Hello all. I have a 'new' 63 Johnson 3HP. Seems to run relatively smoothly, and starts easy enough. Feels like there is decent compression. Water is spitting out the coolant exhaust. Using 30W Non-Det at 24:1 as per some other posts here.
1st Question: After running for several minutes...
I have been having overheating problems, so I took off the manifold and the riser, and found that the manifold was rusted through where it meets the riser (seawater could get into the exhaust before the riser) and that all four "exit" holes for water in the riser were fully plugged with rust. 1)...
