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starting and takeoff issues 1985 johnson 20 hp
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<blockquote data-quote="pafree" data-source="post: 337579" data-attributes="member: 12776"><p>we took the boat out last week. a little cold but over all nice day. i had rebuilt the carb and fuel pump this fall and thought i had everything set up. the first start up went great at the boat ramp and since this was the first time i the water (salt) then i knew i had to adjust the idle screw. we cruised up the the bayou and the engine ran great and even got my wide 14 up on plane. we stopped to fish for a bit but the fish were not bitting. i went to start the engine but it acted like it was flooded. we anchored back up and let it sit and then tried again and the engine fired up. this happened a couple of times again. the other issue was you had to gun the throttle a bit to get it to go in gear or it would bog and try to die. 1985 johnson 20 hp primer/choke. could it be the cold making it act stupid by not being warmed up all the way? i had the cover off one of the times to adjust the idle screw and it worked fine so could the engine not be getting enough fresh air to carb (are there vent hole in the cover somewhere?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pafree, post: 337579, member: 12776"] we took the boat out last week. a little cold but over all nice day. i had rebuilt the carb and fuel pump this fall and thought i had everything set up. the first start up went great at the boat ramp and since this was the first time i the water (salt) then i knew i had to adjust the idle screw. we cruised up the the bayou and the engine ran great and even got my wide 14 up on plane. we stopped to fish for a bit but the fish were not bitting. i went to start the engine but it acted like it was flooded. we anchored back up and let it sit and then tried again and the engine fired up. this happened a couple of times again. the other issue was you had to gun the throttle a bit to get it to go in gear or it would bog and try to die. 1985 johnson 20 hp primer/choke. could it be the cold making it act stupid by not being warmed up all the way? i had the cover off one of the times to adjust the idle screw and it worked fine so could the engine not be getting enough fresh air to carb (are there vent hole in the cover somewhere?) [/QUOTE]
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