"i've just gotten a 1978 j
"i've just gotten a 1978 johnson 35. it's always started on the first pull. occasionally it wouldn't start, i would take off the top, giggle wires, it would start and run. I ran it last year and put away. Now it starts, but only intermittantly. It started on the first pull, and then died, then would turn over but not catch. There is gas at the carbs. I put it away for a few days and tried again. It started, i turned it off then it started but didn't run very well, and then it wouldn't start again. After starting it the last time i noticed a drop or two of black oil coming out by the propeller. Then noticed a good bit of the black oil coming out a little hole on the side of the engine down low, near the propeller. I assume the two problems are not related.
Could the intermittant starting and start then die problem be gummed up carbs?"
"i've just gotten a 1978 johnson 35. it's always started on the first pull. occasionally it wouldn't start, i would take off the top, giggle wires, it would start and run. I ran it last year and put away. Now it starts, but only intermittantly. It started on the first pull, and then died, then would turn over but not catch. There is gas at the carbs. I put it away for a few days and tried again. It started, i turned it off then it started but didn't run very well, and then it wouldn't start again. After starting it the last time i noticed a drop or two of black oil coming out by the propeller. Then noticed a good bit of the black oil coming out a little hole on the side of the engine down low, near the propeller. I assume the two problems are not related.
Could the intermittant starting and start then die problem be gummed up carbs?"