I recently inherited a boat with a Johnson 40HP VRO motor. It's not running right; I suspect it's a simple thing but I'm at a loss right now, and figured I'd ask around.
Basic scenario: Fresh gas, connected right, pumped up (oil reservoir also). Battery charged and cranking.
When I turn the key (push it in, which I think is the choke; lift the throttle lever) it cranks, catches, revs up .. and dies after about two seconds.
If I do it again, same story .. it catches and quits, catches and quits (after a few times the battery runs down, of course).
Can anyone tell me the simple thing I've forgotten?
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I recently inherited a boat with a Johnson 40HP VRO motor. It's not running right; I suspect it's a simple thing but I'm at a loss right now, and figured I'd ask around.
Basic scenario:
Fresh gas, connected right, pumped up (oil reservoir also).
Battery charged and cranking.
When I turn the key (push it in, which I think is the choke; lift the throttle lever) it cranks, catches, revs up .. and dies after about two seconds.
If I do it again, same story .. it catches and quits, catches and quits (after a few times the battery runs down, of course).
Can anyone tell me the simple thing I've forgotten?
-Rick
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