87 60 hp Johnson bogs then stalls

radarman2000

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Had the boat out in the gulf scalloping. Engine ran fine all day. Get back to the ramp, throttle down to idle and it stalls. On restart, I put it in gear to load up, push forward on the throttle, it bogs out and stalls. Starts right up. Try to move forward or backward, bogs then stalls.

Any one got any ideas for this situation?
 

fireman57

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Re: 87 60 hp Johnson bogs then stalls

Sounds like junk in the carb. Give them a good cleaning. You might want to put an inline filter after the primer bulb to keep stuff out of there as much as possible.
 

radarman2000

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Re: 87 60 hp Johnson bogs then stalls

Thanks fireman, will do the extra filter. Guess I'm cleaning carbs this weekend. Should make the scallops happy anyway
 

fireman57

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Re: 87 60 hp Johnson bogs then stalls

They are not bad to do. Just make sure you soak them good. I prefer overnight and spray them out good with compressed air. You might want to rekit them while you have them off so you know that you have good parts as some get pretty worn after the years, especially the needle valves.
 
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