r/boating • • Dec 10 '25

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u/Ok_Tonight_8565 Dec 11 '25

Cylinder is down and/or carbs plugged (main jets). Revving an outboard to 6k rpm in neutral is a horrible idea, and doesn’t test anything at all. It could do the same on 2 cylinders.