Thanks for any advice on my issue in advance.
Motor is a 1998 225 Johnson Venom. Model# J225STLECS Serial: G 04510224
Carbs were made in Mexico 3/26/1998 #439510 <- this # is from a sticker on the carb.. turns out it's different on 3 of the carbs.
What's going on:
1. I can flood this motor by squeezing the bulb 3X. Oddly, the fuel runs out of the throttle plate where the throttle bar goes through the plate instead of the weep holes. Motor can be hard to start at times if I squeeze the bulb to much.
2. The biggest issue is loss of power after the engine warms up. Allow me to explain. I can run across the lake to my first fishing hole. Turn the motor off and fish for a while. Then I fire the motor up w/o problems. Then, when I engage the throttle to take off, if I give it to much throttle it will die. Start it back up. Give it a little throttle at a time it will finally go. But just the slightest to much throttle and it will die unless I can get it back to neutral real quick like. Also, engaging the motor and trying to idle in a "no wake area" will cause the motor to die. It idles fine in neutral. Trying to dock the boat on the trailer is futile. When I try to ease up farther on the bunks the engine will just die. I have to use the wench to pull it onto the trailer.
3. Another thing I noticed is the Induction manifold is becoming soaked w/ gas/oil mixture on the inside. I cleaned it up real good but it quickly became soaked again.
What I have done:
1. New plugs : NGK R gapped to .030
2. Pulled all the floats and leveled them even. Turn upside down and cannot blow through needle valve.
All of the new plugs seem to have the same color ( a coco brown color) after running about 12gals of fuel.
Motor is a 1998 225 Johnson Venom. Model# J225STLECS Serial: G 04510224
Carbs were made in Mexico 3/26/1998 #439510 <- this # is from a sticker on the carb.. turns out it's different on 3 of the carbs.
What's going on:
1. I can flood this motor by squeezing the bulb 3X. Oddly, the fuel runs out of the throttle plate where the throttle bar goes through the plate instead of the weep holes. Motor can be hard to start at times if I squeeze the bulb to much.
2. The biggest issue is loss of power after the engine warms up. Allow me to explain. I can run across the lake to my first fishing hole. Turn the motor off and fish for a while. Then I fire the motor up w/o problems. Then, when I engage the throttle to take off, if I give it to much throttle it will die. Start it back up. Give it a little throttle at a time it will finally go. But just the slightest to much throttle and it will die unless I can get it back to neutral real quick like. Also, engaging the motor and trying to idle in a "no wake area" will cause the motor to die. It idles fine in neutral. Trying to dock the boat on the trailer is futile. When I try to ease up farther on the bunks the engine will just die. I have to use the wench to pull it onto the trailer.
3. Another thing I noticed is the Induction manifold is becoming soaked w/ gas/oil mixture on the inside. I cleaned it up real good but it quickly became soaked again.
What I have done:
1. New plugs : NGK R gapped to .030
2. Pulled all the floats and leveled them even. Turn upside down and cannot blow through needle valve.
All of the new plugs seem to have the same color ( a coco brown color) after running about 12gals of fuel.
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