Jimidude87
Cadet
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- Mar 16, 2018
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Hello everyone new to the forum here...i have a 2000 johnson 150 that is fairly new to me. A little backstory, i got the boat about 3 months ago. The previous owner had it sitting for a while. I put new plugs, fluids, cleaned the carbs, did a decarb etc.
The first couple times i took it out it ran really good. I would get a fuel restriction alarm at about 4k rpms but it's running off a portable tank right now so i figured this was why. The last time i took it out it was running normal. I had it at wot and was only getting about 4000-4200 rpms. The fuel alarm went off and when i looked back the primer bulb was sucked flat. I shut it down for a bit reprimed and seemed to be good. I got it going again and when it got to 4k it started surging bad...like from 4k down to about 2k and then back. It did this for a couple cycles and then died. Couldn't get it started again. I've checked the spark and that's fine.
The only other thing i could think would be the fuel pump. I plan on replacing it but don't want to drop a couple hundred dollars if i don't need to. Does this sound like the vro? Another thing which concerned me was when i was trying to start it and while it was running there seemed to be quite a bit of fuel/oil in the water. I'm really hoping it's just something simple and not something that I'm going to need a new motor
Another thing to mention would be the fuel lines from the portable tank are new and the primer bulb is new.
Thanks in advance for all the help!
The first couple times i took it out it ran really good. I would get a fuel restriction alarm at about 4k rpms but it's running off a portable tank right now so i figured this was why. The last time i took it out it was running normal. I had it at wot and was only getting about 4000-4200 rpms. The fuel alarm went off and when i looked back the primer bulb was sucked flat. I shut it down for a bit reprimed and seemed to be good. I got it going again and when it got to 4k it started surging bad...like from 4k down to about 2k and then back. It did this for a couple cycles and then died. Couldn't get it started again. I've checked the spark and that's fine.
The only other thing i could think would be the fuel pump. I plan on replacing it but don't want to drop a couple hundred dollars if i don't need to. Does this sound like the vro? Another thing which concerned me was when i was trying to start it and while it was running there seemed to be quite a bit of fuel/oil in the water. I'm really hoping it's just something simple and not something that I'm going to need a new motor
Another thing to mention would be the fuel lines from the portable tank are new and the primer bulb is new.
Thanks in advance for all the help!