EricG
10-10-2000, 01:17 PM
While I was getting the Z21 all put to bed for the winter, I took the Spark Arrestor off and realized that there is no linkage on the Choke for my Qjet. All of the "levers", etc. are there, but they are not connected to anything. The motor is a factory '87 350MAG with the HighRise and 4Bbl. I have an invoice that came with the boat showing that a new Carb was put on, but it does have the Mercruiser tag on the Carb.
Here are my questions;
First, it looks to me like the choke is always closed....is there some sort of internal linkage that would allow it to open?
Second, would not having the choke linkage be a possible cause of my boat "loading-up" at idle after it gets hot?
I'm certainly not a carb expert, and I'm not going to get to play with any of this until next spring, but it seems to me that this could be causing some sort of performance hit...
Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks!!
EG
Here are my questions;
First, it looks to me like the choke is always closed....is there some sort of internal linkage that would allow it to open?
Second, would not having the choke linkage be a possible cause of my boat "loading-up" at idle after it gets hot?
I'm certainly not a carb expert, and I'm not going to get to play with any of this until next spring, but it seems to me that this could be causing some sort of performance hit...
Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks!!
EG