2001 evinrude 4 stroke 8 horse only runs when choked

Bobdag

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Like the title says. It only runs when fully choked. It runs fine on the water tho. It doesn't fowl the plugs or go through gas. I've gone through the carb twice. Fuel system checks out. How much spark should I have? I just had a post regarding my 35 horse main. The problem with that one was a bad coil. Not that having to run this motor on full choke is causing an issue since it's my kicker only and seems to run fine. Just curious.
 

jakedaawg

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When you went through the carb did you completely disassemble and clean all the passages. Did you remive and clean all orifices? Are you confident you assembled it correctly? This is classic carb issue.
 

Bobdag

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When you went through the carb did you completely disassemble and clean all the passages. Did you remive and clean all orifices? Are you confident you assembled it correctly? This is classic carb issue.

The first time I just gave it a quick cleaning. The 2nd time I completely went through it. All passages are clear, I put a full rebuild kit in it.
 
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