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<blockquote data-quote="huntinfool" data-source="post: 104243" data-attributes="member: 1931"><p>What does the out board do or not do? My initial guess is that it has been sitting a while and the carbs are all gummed up inside and need to be cleaned. Now that fuel has Ethanol in it the shelf life of gas is only 23 days. Meaning that if you don't use it in that time frame the fuel has started breaking down. Also Ethanol allows water molecules to be absorbed, so if it sits a while with a vent open it will start to absorb water in the tank which then gets sucked up in the carb whic then starts to rust your carb. That is why you need to add something like Stabil. </p><p></p><p>Try cleaning the Carbs and while your at it check the spark plugs, I bet it will run just fine after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="huntinfool, post: 104243, member: 1931"] What does the out board do or not do? My initial guess is that it has been sitting a while and the carbs are all gummed up inside and need to be cleaned. Now that fuel has Ethanol in it the shelf life of gas is only 23 days. Meaning that if you don't use it in that time frame the fuel has started breaking down. Also Ethanol allows water molecules to be absorbed, so if it sits a while with a vent open it will start to absorb water in the tank which then gets sucked up in the carb whic then starts to rust your carb. That is why you need to add something like Stabil. Try cleaning the Carbs and while your at it check the spark plugs, I bet it will run just fine after that. [/QUOTE]
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