I had the new to me 14ft jon out for a test run. This motor planes the boat at 15mph and WOT at 24mph with all 365lbs of me on the rear bench seat. It runs really good cruising. Seems to run rough at idle and in gear at trolling speed. The fumes are rich and chokes me out. PO said he "cleaned" the carb and "went through" the motor. That's all the info I have from him.
I'm big on not fixing things that aren't broken, but I dont want to keep running this thing if it's out of tune. Certainly don't want to destroy the motor by not keeping it in top shape. I want to try to add some fuel treatment to the tank to gently clean the carb to see if that solves my idle problem before I attempt to take it apart to clean it. All advice is welcome.
Thanks
I'm big on not fixing things that aren't broken, but I dont want to keep running this thing if it's out of tune. Certainly don't want to destroy the motor by not keeping it in top shape. I want to try to add some fuel treatment to the tank to gently clean the carb to see if that solves my idle problem before I attempt to take it apart to clean it. All advice is welcome.
Thanks