Quote Originally Posted by steemer1 View Post
Check the compression I blew a rod completely through the top of my 200 Johnson venom. Now I have a new 225 Etec Evinrude on the back of my 201 Stratos.
well a rod probly wont show any different on a compression test sadly. but if he was starving it for gas, it could have definately hurt a rod ,being a 2 stroke. if it makes that noise at idle, you could pull one plug wire at a time and see if it goes away on a certain cylinder. might lead to figuring out whats up