First, let me say that I do not know much about boats.
I noticed that I had a little oil in the bottom when I take cowling off. I took off the "air silencer assembly" any was able to tell that the oil was coming from the carburetors (I guess that is the air intake portion of the carbs).
Also...
54 seems a little slow. I do not know anything about the prop, but I just bought it and I thought a 150 would push it to 60. btw, there were 3 guys in the boat and this was not GPS'd.
2002 Johnson 150 Dying When Given a Lot of Gas in Gear
Bought boat today from private owner.
Took to lake, boat idled fine in neutral and in gear. When I punched it, it died. Kept doing it. Started, idled fine, if I gave a tiny bit of gas at a time it start to pick up speed, but then I would...
Bought boat today from private owner.
Took to lake, boat idled fine in neutral and in gear. When I punched it, it died. Kept doing it. Started, idled fine, if I gave a tiny bit of gas at a time it start to pick up speed, but then I would gun it and it would die again. This happend in forward...