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" Hello,
I'm new to the b
" Hello,
I'm new to the boat world and have gotten my hands on a 1958 Dorsett El Dorado with a 1958 Johnson Super Sea Horse 50 HP. Beyond drinking gass like it's Koolaide, the engine starts and runs but has idle and performance issues. The fuel pump seems to be working fine and pumps fuel. We bought a book to learn how to adjust the carb (2 barrel type) to help our rough running engine. Only one of the low idle screws seemed to have any effect and the high speed adjustment did nothing. Our performance seems to be getting worse as we work on this, neither of us are terribly mechanically inclined. There is also this oily sludge leaking from what appears to be a factory built pen hole right next to the top gear fluid screw. Which is odd considering all oil is mixed in with the fuel. This all probably doesn't make much sense but does this sound like a carb, fuel pump, water pump issue? I found a new carb for this engine for about $160 so I can move on that if necessary. Oh, our gas oil mix ratio: 24/1, or a tad worse (its a 6 gallon tank ~ 24 litres, so we prob put in 22 litres of gas and 1 litre of oil, so 22/1). We had the compression checked and all is well. Anybody have any ideas.
Thanks "
I'm new to the b
" Hello,
I'm new to the boat world and have gotten my hands on a 1958 Dorsett El Dorado with a 1958 Johnson Super Sea Horse 50 HP. Beyond drinking gass like it's Koolaide, the engine starts and runs but has idle and performance issues. The fuel pump seems to be working fine and pumps fuel. We bought a book to learn how to adjust the carb (2 barrel type) to help our rough running engine. Only one of the low idle screws seemed to have any effect and the high speed adjustment did nothing. Our performance seems to be getting worse as we work on this, neither of us are terribly mechanically inclined. There is also this oily sludge leaking from what appears to be a factory built pen hole right next to the top gear fluid screw. Which is odd considering all oil is mixed in with the fuel. This all probably doesn't make much sense but does this sound like a carb, fuel pump, water pump issue? I found a new carb for this engine for about $160 so I can move on that if necessary. Oh, our gas oil mix ratio: 24/1, or a tad worse (its a 6 gallon tank ~ 24 litres, so we prob put in 22 litres of gas and 1 litre of oil, so 22/1). We had the compression checked and all is well. Anybody have any ideas.
Thanks "