evilgenius518
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- Apr 27, 2010
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Hi all, so I have a 74 Johnson 50hp (74esl50m) I am wondering if I have a carb problem or a problem with one or both of the coils. A few weeks ago my motor was giving me a real hard problem starting. I pulled the top plug and it started right up, I did this on two separate occasions but once it started for the day that once without the plug, it would run fine. I changed to new spark plugs and that sorta seemed to fix the problem. Now today I am driving the boat to the cove at wot and about half way there it loses power but not fully , about half throttle and is running very sporadically. When I throttle down it runs like normal, bring it up and runs like I said. I checked fuel tank valve, pumped bulb and no changes. I chill in cove for a bit start it up go WOT and again about half way it starts acting up so it seems to me that it's Is happening when it heats up, or is it just emptying the bowls and clogging the carbs? I normally clean the carbs right out at the beginning of season and did not this year for whatever reason. I'm pretty sure the coils are the originals too. So what's the deal? Carbs filling up, emptying and clogging OR one of the coils shorting out when motor warms up. I'm not really sure how to go about testing the coils resistance with my multi meter. One plug dose look better then the other when I took them out to look at then but that still doesn't tell me much cause that could be from either of there issues. AS ALWAYS, any and all help is much appreciated.
