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1980 25 horse johnson outboard

ferree00

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"Hello, I winterized my boat m

"Hello, I winterized my boat motor last fall,changed bottom end oil and took out plugs sprayed oil into cylinders and cranked it over a few times, i got out the boat yesterday and it will not let me pull the cord more than 3 inches before it locks up, if i take out the plugs it will pull? any ideas? my brother says it could be a vapor lock, but all winter? Thanks for any help you can give!"
 
"not vapor lock,....hydraulic

"not vapor lock,....hydraulic lock,...maybe....pull the plugs,pull it over many times,and inst plugs again...make sure your neutral safety interlock is'nt acting up,on flywheel for some reason....make sure u r in neutral"
 
Are the plugs the correct ones

Are the plugs the correct ones ie. not longer in the thread and hitting the piston?
 
welcome to marineengine!!

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welcome to marineengine!!

what kind of oil did you spray into the cyls?...was it regular fogging oil?

have you tried a lil pre-mix sprayed into the cyls to help dissolve some of the oil?
 
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