ib18
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2013
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- 489
I just want to share my experience to help others. My Johnson 90 hp v4 caught fire today while I was preparing for a boat trip. I had the boat motor cover pulled to check the motor running. It started smoking and burning on the port side under the flywheel where my rectifier is. I quickly turn off my key and the fire was off by itself. Yes the red positive wire from the rectifier was burned and broken from the heat and fire. This is a very old 1982 v4 2 cycle engine. All my wires got some oil on them so I cleaned them and replace the broken wire and all is good. That was a very close call.