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Wet plugs
This is probably an easy one--but i not much up on outboards. I changed my plugs today and despite being set up for 3 months ALL were still wet?
When I shut it down in december I pulled the fuel line and ran till it died, then I cranked over a few more times just to make sure it wouldn't start.
Should they still be wet after 3 months? All were clean ie no carbon, and they were burned perfectly. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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First of all disconnecting the fuel line and letting it run til it quits never gets all the fuel out of the carbs. There is always a little bit left. When you did that final cranking some fuel that was left in the carbs was sucked into the cylinders. Now that fuel is on the plugs which are in a sealed environment and no way for it to evaporate. So you are OK there is nothing wrong. Hope I made sense.
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yep that was perfect--thanks. just wondering as well--running a multicarb out of fuel like that doesn't do any damage to the bearings does it?
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A two strokes combustion chamber is not a sealed environment. If a piston is below the ports relative to top dead center the cylinder is open to the outside through the exhaust. No matter where the motor stops spinning some amount of cylinder is open. Running a multi carb motor out of fuel is not the best idea. All be it a short time, one and then maybe two cylinders and possibly more cylinders are running without fuel, and oil. A V6 will limp along on a couple cylinders if it's healthy.
All that said, could not find an indication of two or four stroke in your post.
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