dstroud1987
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2012
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- 122
hey guys, I am back once again with some problems I am having with my 1962 johnson 40hp outboard. I posted a few weeks ago and described my problem but didnt really get many responses, so i thought I would film the motor running so you guys could see it and let me know what you think.
It ran good for the first couple of times i took it out this season and then one day we took it out, and about half way through the day it started really bogging out at full throttle... it would usually bog down until it almost stalled and then would keep running but not at the speed or rmp it should have been running at.
I really dont know a lot about outboards or engines in gerneral so im kinda starting at square one right now lol
I checked all the fuel lines in the motor and the one going to the gas tank and they all seemed to be in exellent shape. I also checked the gaps on the spark plugs and they were set good. I tried running it with a different fuel/oil mixture.. i was running 50-1 so i tried running it at about 30-1.. and i also ran some carb cleaner through the motor and made sure everything with the choke was functioning good..but none of things made much difference when i started it in my driveway.
I did notice that when i put the throttle to full when testing it.. it still bogged a bit and then reved up to full throttle.. there was some delay though.. and when i put the throttle back down it took a few seconds for the motor to react and go to an idle.
something else thats been bugging me is when the motor is running.. every once and a while you can here a sort of click and then the motor shakes a bit but keeps running the entire time.. and itll do it like once every 2 seconds or something like that.. usually only when i have the throttle about 10% open.. i tried to capture that in the video but its kinda hard to see the shake and here the little noise that it makes. hopefully you guys can kinda see what i mean.
anyways, sorry for the long boring post.. Im just trying to pass on everything thats been going on so you can get an idea.
It ran good for the first couple of times i took it out this season and then one day we took it out, and about half way through the day it started really bogging out at full throttle... it would usually bog down until it almost stalled and then would keep running but not at the speed or rmp it should have been running at.
I really dont know a lot about outboards or engines in gerneral so im kinda starting at square one right now lol
I checked all the fuel lines in the motor and the one going to the gas tank and they all seemed to be in exellent shape. I also checked the gaps on the spark plugs and they were set good. I tried running it with a different fuel/oil mixture.. i was running 50-1 so i tried running it at about 30-1.. and i also ran some carb cleaner through the motor and made sure everything with the choke was functioning good..but none of things made much difference when i started it in my driveway.
I did notice that when i put the throttle to full when testing it.. it still bogged a bit and then reved up to full throttle.. there was some delay though.. and when i put the throttle back down it took a few seconds for the motor to react and go to an idle.
something else thats been bugging me is when the motor is running.. every once and a while you can here a sort of click and then the motor shakes a bit but keeps running the entire time.. and itll do it like once every 2 seconds or something like that.. usually only when i have the throttle about 10% open.. i tried to capture that in the video but its kinda hard to see the shake and here the little noise that it makes. hopefully you guys can kinda see what i mean.
anyways, sorry for the long boring post.. Im just trying to pass on everything thats been going on so you can get an idea.
