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'85 90hp Yamaha 3 cyl

I noticed last time out the engine died on me when I shifted into reverse. This happened only once. Today I popped it in the water let it warm up the normal amount of time and then it proceeded to die every time i shifted into reverse or forward.

Unfortunately, this problem chose to happen while rescuing a guy off of his overturned 19' sailboat! The mast was stuck in the mud and he was bobbing around in his life jacket. Upon maneuvering to scoop him up the engine died and wouldn't start again! It was blowing 15k and i luckily got the kicker going in time before hitting the breakwater of the marina.

I spent the next 30 minutes running the motor and at idle it would just slowly lower loose r.p.m. and eventually sputter out.

I brought it back home changed nothing, put it on the muffs and it idled great, and shifted into rev and forward without dying every time. Sounds like a fuel issue but where do I start?

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