I'm looking for some help with my Evinrude 48. I had been working on it about three-weeks ago, then I broke down and took it into the shop to be looked at. They checked the compression on both cylinders (good at 125 each) and they adjusted the carbs (both carbs where installed new last year). When they gave it back to me, they said it was AOK and ready for water.<br /><br />I took it to the lake, started it up, and ran it with the choke for a couple minutes to warm it up. When I took it off the choke (in neutral) it still ran, but seemed very rough. When I tried to place it into gear, it would die. This happened five or six times, until finally the boat started to move. Once moving, it ran fine. I zipped around the lake for about a 1/2 hour, running it pretty hard, then slowed down to idle (neutral) and it stopped again. I tried to start it, but it wouldn't fire up right away, so I opened up the motor and adjusted up the idle, and got it started. Ran fine in gear again, but then when I went to neutral, it acted like it was going to die again (I was back at the dock). <br /><br />Any suggestions on what I can do??? When the boat is running in gear it does well (including WOT), but it doesn't like to idle and it dies when I try to put it into gear. HELP!<br /><br />I'm also getting a little fuel leakage/puddles in the housing, but I've heard this is common. Please let me know if this is not true.
