Hi All,
I have been lurking around this website for years and I now am in need of some help.
I purchased a 1993 Wahoo 16.5 Striper this past week and I love this boat. I took it out for its maiden voyage yesterday and it started right up no problem, a little smoke but hey it's a 2 stroke and the guy before me unhooked the VRO System and he has been pre-mixing it for years. O.k. now the Delima
The motor is a 1993 70Hp Johnson.
She starts up with no problem idles at around 1k in Neutral, she has a great hole shot and runs great until I put it in idle in gear and then she stalls on sometimes wait about 20 minutes and she starts. Another time she runs great and I turn it off for a 10 minutes then go to start it again and she doesn't want to start. I put the throttle to her and push the key in for choke and it takes alot of cranks but she finally starts and I can run her at WOT and it is great all day long. I went to flush her in the lake (I run it in the South Florida Intracoastal). I figured why not try to reproduce the problem and I was able to, back her down in the water ran it turned it off and on a few times then BAM she doesn't want to start. I look at the primer ball and squeeze it and it seems very soft. Push it a few times it hardened up another 20 cranks with the throttle Wide opened and she starts. Turn it off again and she starts up with no problem. I am ordering a service manual from this wonderful website, but in thee mean time can anyone give me a few troubleshooting tips until it gets here?
I also noticed that it seems the trim doens't want to work unless I slow way down and then I can use the trim again. I am stumped.
Also when I put the key in and turn it to the on position (not to start it) I get a alarm sound for like a second is that normal on these engines?
I do alot of fiberglass work but nor motor work. I really want to get to know this engine inside and out. I look forward to helping you all in the future.
Thanks for anything you can contribute.
Regards
Paul
I have been lurking around this website for years and I now am in need of some help.
I purchased a 1993 Wahoo 16.5 Striper this past week and I love this boat. I took it out for its maiden voyage yesterday and it started right up no problem, a little smoke but hey it's a 2 stroke and the guy before me unhooked the VRO System and he has been pre-mixing it for years. O.k. now the Delima
The motor is a 1993 70Hp Johnson.
She starts up with no problem idles at around 1k in Neutral, she has a great hole shot and runs great until I put it in idle in gear and then she stalls on sometimes wait about 20 minutes and she starts. Another time she runs great and I turn it off for a 10 minutes then go to start it again and she doesn't want to start. I put the throttle to her and push the key in for choke and it takes alot of cranks but she finally starts and I can run her at WOT and it is great all day long. I went to flush her in the lake (I run it in the South Florida Intracoastal). I figured why not try to reproduce the problem and I was able to, back her down in the water ran it turned it off and on a few times then BAM she doesn't want to start. I look at the primer ball and squeeze it and it seems very soft. Push it a few times it hardened up another 20 cranks with the throttle Wide opened and she starts. Turn it off again and she starts up with no problem. I am ordering a service manual from this wonderful website, but in thee mean time can anyone give me a few troubleshooting tips until it gets here?
I also noticed that it seems the trim doens't want to work unless I slow way down and then I can use the trim again. I am stumped.
Also when I put the key in and turn it to the on position (not to start it) I get a alarm sound for like a second is that normal on these engines?
I do alot of fiberglass work but nor motor work. I really want to get to know this engine inside and out. I look forward to helping you all in the future.
Thanks for anything you can contribute.
Regards
Paul
