commissioner2
Cadet
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- Jul 5, 2004
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posted August 15, 2003 09:17 PM <br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Last Year I posted this message<br /><br />"I have a 1985 175Hp Johnson<br />It will not accelerate under load<br />In the yard with ears it accelerates <br />the fast idle works <br />but in the water under load it stalls no matter how slowly you advance the controll<br />compression is poor but I was hoping to get through this season before rebuilding<br />compression is 60-65 to 80 with the average being 70-75"<br />Based on the resposes I got I rebuilt the power head over the winter<br />I still have the same problem <br />I thougt it might be fuel related so I replaced the VRO pump<br />still it won't acelerate does not go above 5-8 miles an hour according to my GPS<br />Started to rebuild my carbs but they don't look bad any other Ideas<br />Thanks