My 1998 Johnson 225 has been running poorly recently. It idles a little rough, but the bigger problem is that when I give it gas to accelerate it likes to die. This problem is the worst when I am fishing at a spot and the motor sits for a while. If I am on plane and slow down and idle around for a while and then take off again, it will take of normally. In order to take off when it is running poorly, I have to barely give it throttle until it reaches 1000 rpm, then I have to punch the throttle and it will usually take off. If I give it throttle slowly after it gets to 1000 rpm it will die. The only way I can get it to go is to give it full throttle quickly. While I was attempting to diagnose the issue today, I pumped the primer bulb to see if I could find any leaks anywhere. While doing this I noticed fuel coming out of the hole the arrow is pointing to in the picture. This is the middle carb on the starboard side. I assume this is not normal because none of the other ones were doing this. After I pumped the bulb, it would take a little while for the flow to start, then it would run out for a few minutes. I was thinking it might be a bad gasket but I am not familiar with the internal workings of these carburetors. I was wondering if these issues might be related, or what the problems might be.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!