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Thread: My Outback Sunk!! Need advice
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10-23-2012, 03:24 PM #21Junior Member
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I'm new here and don't want to hijack this thread, but I'm wondering if the symtoms listed in your quote are usually caused by water in the gas.
I purchased a 97 Moomba Boomerang in the middle of the summer for what I thought was a good price.
Ran fine on the hose in the guys driveway, but would barely start when I got it home. I had a friend, who is a former marine mechanic rebuild the carb. When he took it off there was a gasket missing, and the high speed screw was completely closed. We also found ewater in the gas. I syphoned the water/gas out of the tank, and added dry gas, but it still doesn't idle, and sometimes puts out black smoke. It also sounds like it is backfiring through the carb when running close to WOT. I just had it winterized, but am trying to figure out where to start next spring in getting it running right. My regular marina specializes in outboards, and I've heard some stories that doesn't make me want to take this inboard to them, since their shop rate(like most marinas) is so high.
Thanks
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10-24-2012, 11:44 AM #22
Start with your friend. That sounds like your best shot.
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10-28-2012, 10:59 AM #23
Im not a huge fan in Carb rebuilding, its a lost art form in the automotive world and a lot of guys think they can do it and cant. I for one feel that most of the time if the guy isnt at least 60 he is BSing you on being a card rebuild expert LOL.
Anyhow seriously, buy anew Carb. Its like 500 bucks, no issues then and put it on.
Sounds like a timming issue if its back firing threw the carb at full throttle. Sounds like it isnt advnacing enough, might look into the Distributor and check the timming advance springs and weights to make sure everything is clean and working smoothly.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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10-28-2012, 10:29 PM #24Senior Member
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Last edited by lewisb13; 10-28-2012 at 10:34 PM.
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10-29-2012, 09:43 AM #25Junior Member
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10-30-2012, 02:12 AM #26
Did you pull the distributor cap ? I just replaced mine on my 99 Mobius with 400 hours. The posts were severly corroded. So much so and so consistenly that if you did not know better you would swear that this is how they were supposed to look. Cap - rotor - plugs - and wires - just removing things from the equation. I also found that some (but not all) of the plugss were wrong. Not sure how that happened since I bought it with 30 hours and don't remember ever having the plugs done.
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10-30-2012, 10:03 AM #27Junior Member
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