56 evinrude sportwin 10 de-carb question

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Hi all its me again lol. I just had a de-carb question/maybe more. I was going to do the de-carb today not because of major issues just minor. It was suggested to me by another member on here it may be time to do the de-carb. I never did one before ever on anything and no idea if whoever had this motor before me did anything to it. The question is can I do the de-carb in a barrel or on muffs. I currently don't have a set of muffs but plenty of barrels. My main concern is the amount of smoke that is going to come out of it. I don't want to choke the motor out by it breathing too much of its exhaust and crazy amount of smoke. The concern with the muffs is the motor has only 1 water intake and if the muffs would provide enough water to not overheat the motor. Plus I would rather not have the motor sucking up the cap it blows out while doing the de-carb in a barrel. But if it will be okay to do it in the barrel I'm game for it because then I can get on it very shortly. I don't know if I left anything out else I wanted to ask (probably) but any insight will be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[F_R]

That motor is not really compatible with muffs. Barrel it is. And it WILL fog up the whole neighborhood and deposit a ton of crap on the water in the barrel. So don't ask. That's normal.

 

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Lol kinda figured that. West marine sells rectangular shaped muffs but they don't look like I will get a good fit. I guess I will keep the hose running in the barrel to try to ad as much clean water as I can. Thanks