Help!! Its driving me crazy! I own a 1981 Johnson 115 HP. I've had an ongoing problem this season. The engine starts and runs well. I turn the engine off and it will start up again right away, but if left off for awhile It will not restart. The next day it starts.
I have cleaned the fuel tank and the pickup screen in the tank, rebuilt the carbs. I even replaced the stbd ignition coils; there was a fraying wire inside the wire covering.
I replaced the starter with an after market starter?? I have been reading, when the engine gets turned off, and thus stops cooling, the starter picks up the ambient heat, causing the starter to get weaker??? Not sure if there is any truth to this or not?
It will crank but it just doesn’t catch.
Any ideas? Solutions preferred!
I have cleaned the fuel tank and the pickup screen in the tank, rebuilt the carbs. I even replaced the stbd ignition coils; there was a fraying wire inside the wire covering.
I replaced the starter with an after market starter?? I have been reading, when the engine gets turned off, and thus stops cooling, the starter picks up the ambient heat, causing the starter to get weaker??? Not sure if there is any truth to this or not?
It will crank but it just doesn’t catch.
Any ideas? Solutions preferred!