On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:23:59 -0500, (BIG FISH
2006) wrote:

can cleaning your carbs help your motor start faster? I have a 1997
johnson 200 hp venom, and its takes about 4-5 times for it to start up
and run, by that time it smokes like crazy until the fuel and oil burns
off.

I don't know a whole lot about modern outboards but it sounds like an
intake leak to me. Don't know if that is possible or not, but it
sounds similar to intake leaks I have found on other engines.

Dan

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