How many carbs does a 2 stroke have?
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How many carbs does a 2 stroke have?
Depends on how big it is and how many cylinders it has! Next question
2 stroke merc 125
Take the cowling off and count them
We're probably going to need a pic of a carburetor.
I ain;t at the house to take a pic. Some of us have to work LOL
Ask Barnacle Bill.......he can tell you......he is a Merc guru
Should be four carbs on a Merc 125, the bottom cylinder is covered in ATM's pic.
The Mercury Outboards site says its a three cyl and has three carbs
Reason I ask is I got the estimate for all the work that needs doing. Around $800 for cleaning 4 carbs, lower unit oil, new plus, impeller and a couple more things. I just didn't know it had 4 carbs. This was from Action Marine and labor is $120 an hour OUCH
if you got to ask that question i suggest you do not work on it
bring it to me 50 dollars a hour labor
can you rebuild carbs? LOL
if it runs off of gas then yes
$800??? Ouch. Ain't there a Vo Tech student or something down there you can get by with?
nah, had enough vo tec students working on stuff. Last one forgot to tighten up 2 bolts under my front end. LOL
Get squirt can and mix 50-50 seafoam and high test gas, squirt some in all the carbs and let it sit for 1 hr then squirt some 2 stroke fuel in each carb then crank it up beats a carb rebuild.
Go to the parts house and buy some Deep Creep ( its Seafoam version in a spray can) spray inside all of the carb throats real good and let sit overnight.....then spray them down again....pour a whole bottle of Seafoam in your gas tank and run the snot out of it.
So you had a mechanic tell you it had 4 carbs and then questioning it. Sounds like you've got trust issues with the guy and might wanna find somebody else to work on it, but the price ain't that had for work described
Just didn't know it had 4 is all
trade it and get injectors
With all the info on the Internet just buy the parts and do it yourself. It will be done right that way.
Hotrod1 this is DD we are talking about here. He's pretty good at some things but mechanicin ain't high on that list. Don why you paying someone to change a water pump you just changed?
If it was a helicopter, YEH, I could fix it. Just not a boat. LOL
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Originally Posted by cray
I had all of the above done, plus some more work on my motor (90 HP Mercury) 3 cylinder. I was told the same thing about running Seafoam to clean it out. Only problem with that, as far as my motor was concerned, it had been sitting up for several years. I might have dislodged something bigger and done more harm than good to the motor had I not gone the route of disassembling the carbs, cleaning and replacing worn or dry rotted parts, fuel lines, tuneup, etc. She runs like a champ now. I don't know how to work on them myself, so I had to hire someone to do it for me. It gets expensive.
I want to see how well a four cylinder 125 runs on three carbs.:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
My Bad.....probably miss big time lolQuote:
Originally Posted by yikess
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Originally Posted by yikess
Might have a little miss in it.
I run seafoam in it every other tank full and use Stabil for the ethonol. Just time for a tuneup and I want someone that knows what they are doing. Better to spend a few hundred bucks than have to buy a new motor
Just put some new spark plugs in it and run it. If you have been running that much Seafoam and Stabil in it your carbs should be clean. I think I remember you recently changing the water pump impellor so it does not need that and you can change the oil in the foot yourself, very easy....two plugs.....Remove them and drain the oil....then put the oil in the bottom hole until it comes out the top hole, put bottom plug back in then put top plug back in. If you get a quart bottle of outboard gear oil and one of those pumps its really easy....if not it will take three of the plastic tubes of gear oil....just cut the tips off of all three and have them ready to go....stick tube in bottom hole and roll it up...then stick second tube in and do the same, then the third tube. No need to spend several hundred bucks if you are not having carb problems. You can get the outboard gear oil and that pump to put it in with at WalMart
"G" I hate to say it but You need to replace the top screw first. This will keep the oil from running out while you replace the bottom one. On motorcycles if you have to clean carbs pine-sol makes an excellent soak. google it if you doubt it.
Your right
I just feel safer getting someone to do it this time. I want to make sure it's done RIGHT. I can try it next time but this time I wanna get someone that really knows what they are doing. That so hard to understand?
Good luck dude, ifn I was down there I would help you out with most of it but the carbs go past my comfort zone. Dont mind working on mine but someone elses is a different story. While you are at it get them to install a water pressure gauge if you dont have one, best gauge in the dash.
Whats so hard to understand is that you never use this line of thinking...... its actually smart but sure doesnt sound like you:DQuote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
I have so many people in my ear telling me to do this and that so I try to do things that make a little sense to me. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. LOL A few hundred bucks is ALOT cheaper than buying a new motor
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Originally Posted by Handicrappie
DD Mr Shurdon in StarkVegas would be way cheaper than that and you could visit puppy land while you were there, bet he would save you at least 300 bucks. Think Feesh is well satisfied as Scott and I are with what he's done for us.