ste.fowler
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- Aug 22, 2011
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I recently bought a new boat with an '86 Johnson 40 engine. It ran fine for about a week. Since then it has started failing. It will run to begin with and then at high revs, revs gradually slow until it cuts out. It will restart fine on the choke, but then when you try to engage gear it just cuts out again and I have to get towed back to dock. Replaced the fuel filter this am but that did not fix the problem. Any suggestions. On the controls there is a friction throttle (dont know what this does) which I have not touched but could it be to do with that? also how do I know if the fuel tank is vented or not?