'82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

[Carson W.]

Just bought my first pontoon yesterday. Motor turns over fast and strong but will not fire off. Plugs are getting white fire and fuel is getting to the plug, b/c the plugs come out wet. Any and all suggestions are welcome please. Thank you.

 

[Lyle29464]

Re: '82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

Try some fresh gas. drain carbs and flush lines.

 

[Big Bubba]

Re: '82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

Carson W,
Make sure you pump the fuel primer bulb up until hard, left the warm up lever to full up, turn key but don't start and push in for about4 seconds then turn the key to start and it should fire off for you. Once it starts bring the warm up lever back toward the starting position so the motor does not over rev on you once it does start and let it warm up at around 1100 to 1200 RPMS for about 2 to 4 minutes then back away from the trailer and you should be good to go.

 

[treker]

Re: '82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

Like Bubba said, make sure you are using the choke when you push the key inward, and not just engaging the ignition with out it

 

[Boss Hawg]

Re: '82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

Carson W,
Make sure you pump the fuel primer bulb up until hard, left the warm up lever to full up, turn key but don't start and push in for about4 seconds then turn the key to start and it should fire off for you. Once it starts bring the warm up lever back toward the starting position so the motor does not over rev on you once it does start and let it warm up at around 1100 to 1200 RPMS for about 2 to 4 minutes then back away from the trailer and you should be good to go.

The Johnsons I've owned pretty much insisted on these before they even thought about starting cold!

 

[Big Bubba]

Re: '82 Johnson 60 hp, will turn over. Won't start

Boss Hawg,
Yeap, they do. Yeah, when I first got my 70 horse power Johnson I dreaded cranking it the first time of the day because it was a real pain in the butt and sometimes I had it flooded so bad I just pulled the boat out on the trailer away from the boat dock. But then, the light came, on and I remember that the guy I bought the 70 horse Johnson from included the owners manual with it so I sat down one day and read the starting instructions both cold start and warm start and I discovered that I had been cranking it wrong, cold start, the whole time and what it was was I was not advancing the warm up lever to full up but instead was only raising it up about a quarter of the way and that is why I was flooding it and having one heck of a time cranking it. So since I have read those starting instructions I raise the warm up lever, cold start, all the way up and it fires over every single time for me now after I let it warm up for about 2 to 3 minutes then put it in reverse and back away from the trailer out into the water. So far to date no more cold starting for me and it is a pleasure knowing or question yourself will my outboard crank for me today like before I read those cold start instructions in the owners manual. LOL, you learn the hard way on doing things but the hard way you never forget.