newbie with '73 25hp Evinrude carb question

nccatfisher said:

You still may have a problem. If you just applied the choke to start and then took it off and immediately had a fouled plug I am guessing you will find you have either a rich low fuel/air setting or ignition problems. You stated you were going to try starting with no choke. Good luck with that.

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Thanks for the ideas, i will fiddle around with the mixture and see what happens. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot the ignition that you mentioned?



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rkc118 said:

nccatfisher said:

You still may have a problem. If you just applied the choke to start and then took it off and immediately had a fouled plug I am guessing you will find you have either a rich low fuel/air setting or ignition problems. You stated you were going to try starting with no choke. Good luck with that.

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Thanks for the ideas, i will fiddle around with the mixture and see what happens. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot the ignition that you mentioned?



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I would first get it running again with new plugs if it appears to be running rich idling I would reset that low speed setting. Then I would see if I had anymore issues with plug fouling. Next I would start at the points/condenser, check them for pitting and proper setting. Or just go ahead and replace them if they were not replaced when you took it to the mechanic.