72 evinrude 50hp

yh731801

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Apr 21, 2002
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this may be a long one - just got this boat and have had trouble every time i put it in (3 times). 1st time when I ran wot it would die, found I could run it just under wot ran great. Next time i ran it to a couple fishing spots, ran great. after the third stop, it would hardly plane out boat at wot. (found loose plug, put it in 55gal drum ran it and adjusted carbs. Third time, it started great and would plane out boat, but didn't seem as powerful as before, so I adjusted carb idle screws while running seemed ok. brought it back to idle and it stalled and I couldn't get it started again. just ordered clymers manual and am trying to see if anyone can give mae ideas where to start. None of the marie places arond here seem to want to work on a electirc shift evinrude,except one that charges 60 an hr.
 

almost retired again

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Re: 72 evinrude 50hp

Hi Frankd,<br />The idle adjust screw is just that. Only effects the idle speed. It should be adjusted with the boat not tied up and in gear to run at it's best idle.
 
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