Ok motor is 25r78c johnson seahorse. Carbs are cleaned twice, rebuild once and motor is seafoamed. Main issue is unreliable start up. Motor sometimes, fires right up, sometimes it takes 20 minutes of work to fire it up. It also does not want to idle and stalls "new problem, happened right after seafoam" I took the carb out yesterday and foud out that the needle does not work perfect, I mean when you move the float up and down 5 times, it sticks in its closed place about 3 times, out of those 3 times, 2 of them it falls back down after a split second and onc I have go there force it out. The needle came with the carburator rebuilt kit, that I obtained from a local outboard shop that charged me $30 "rip off" for the pack and sweared that it was original parts. The pack did not have any identifitying numbers on it, seemed generic and had bunch of parts that I did not need, also the needle is squared and light eventhough the original one was round and heavy. The new squared needle has a little cut area one th bottom and the kit also contained a tiny spring. Anyway I rebuilt the carb using the instrutions and since then have all these issues. Now I am thinking if the needle is squared, the kit should have a seat that matched it, or the needle should be the same specs as the old one. I feel like the new chineese needle is not machined as smooth as the original part which causes the occasional stickyness.
I am looking for input from you guys to decide if what I think is correct. Also where can I get a FACTORY seat and needle for this motor.
I am looking for input from you guys to decide if what I think is correct. Also where can I get a FACTORY seat and needle for this motor.
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