Hi everyone,
I purchased a boat today with a Johnson 140TL on it. The PO told me that his brother went out on it about 6 months ago, and didnt charge the batteries. Said he ran it and it started skipping real bad. Managed to get to the dock and trailer the boat. He then says he took it to a marine mechanic that told him that he had a burned piston and it would have to be rebuilt. He told him that it would be cheaper to buy another motor. He sold me the boat and motor for 2000 dollars. I figured I could part out the motor if I had to and the boat was worth more than I paid for all of it. So I decided to take a look at the pistons to see how bad they are. I do not know enough to determine, but they move freely and look ok to me. The cyc look clean, and have oil on them. I rubbed each of them and didnt notice any scars at all. What I did find that looked weird was both of the fuel pumps looked melted. I also noticed that one of the coil packs was broken. PO also said that there was low compression in one of the cyc. I will be getting a compression tester tomorrow. This motor is the VRO. I am not that versed in these type motors. Please take a look at these pics and tell me what you think, and what would do this to the fuel pumps.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1176...s/5748891852900657249?authkey=CPif1suy__e69QE
I purchased a boat today with a Johnson 140TL on it. The PO told me that his brother went out on it about 6 months ago, and didnt charge the batteries. Said he ran it and it started skipping real bad. Managed to get to the dock and trailer the boat. He then says he took it to a marine mechanic that told him that he had a burned piston and it would have to be rebuilt. He told him that it would be cheaper to buy another motor. He sold me the boat and motor for 2000 dollars. I figured I could part out the motor if I had to and the boat was worth more than I paid for all of it. So I decided to take a look at the pistons to see how bad they are. I do not know enough to determine, but they move freely and look ok to me. The cyc look clean, and have oil on them. I rubbed each of them and didnt notice any scars at all. What I did find that looked weird was both of the fuel pumps looked melted. I also noticed that one of the coil packs was broken. PO also said that there was low compression in one of the cyc. I will be getting a compression tester tomorrow. This motor is the VRO. I am not that versed in these type motors. Please take a look at these pics and tell me what you think, and what would do this to the fuel pumps.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1176...s/5748891852900657249?authkey=CPif1suy__e69QE