Last couple of times out, the motor will start fine. Usually let it run on the high idle lever for a couple minutes until it idles up. Now it's taking longer before the idle jumps up. When I put it in gear before it idles up it will die. Will re start right away. Then when taking off it sputters real bad for 30 seconds or so, then picks up like nothing happened and runs fine all day. Never another issue the rest of the day. Recently changed the fuel/water separator and the primer bulb and hose to the tank, didn't help. Next was looking at the fuel pump for a rebuild. Normally run about 6 oz of Sea Foam to 6 gallons of gas and oil. Also usually run around 3K RPM's. Thinking I might need to air it out for a little while to blow some carbon out maybe?


Put the plug in.