Howdy folks -
I have a '99 Johnson 35hp 3 cylinder engine that is giving me trouble. This weekend, I was out throwing the cast net while my buddy idled us around. After about 10 minutes, the motor quit running out of the blue. Wouldn't restart, so I used the trolling motor to get us back to the house. It would fire every once in a while, but wouldn't start. It acted like it was flooded. After I got home, I shot some starting fluid in the carbs and it fired right up. Went out again, and it started sputtering again. Got it running with the starting fluid and she made it home. I pulled the plugs and they all look great. I drove the boat around a bit yesterday and today and it didn't leave me stranded, but I didn't go too far from home either.
Another weird thing it's doing is missing at speed. It'll be running along fine at wide open and then it will skip. You can hear and feel it when it does it, but then she just keeps running.
Any thoughts on what my issue is? It's almost like it's starving for fuel, but I don't know why. I just bought this motor from a dealer that had gone through it before listing it. Everything looks to be in good shape, but obviously something is amiss. Unfortunately, the dealer is out of state, so I can't work back through them.
Let me know what y'all think!
Thanks,
- Steve
I have a '99 Johnson 35hp 3 cylinder engine that is giving me trouble. This weekend, I was out throwing the cast net while my buddy idled us around. After about 10 minutes, the motor quit running out of the blue. Wouldn't restart, so I used the trolling motor to get us back to the house. It would fire every once in a while, but wouldn't start. It acted like it was flooded. After I got home, I shot some starting fluid in the carbs and it fired right up. Went out again, and it started sputtering again. Got it running with the starting fluid and she made it home. I pulled the plugs and they all look great. I drove the boat around a bit yesterday and today and it didn't leave me stranded, but I didn't go too far from home either.
Another weird thing it's doing is missing at speed. It'll be running along fine at wide open and then it will skip. You can hear and feel it when it does it, but then she just keeps running.
Any thoughts on what my issue is? It's almost like it's starving for fuel, but I don't know why. I just bought this motor from a dealer that had gone through it before listing it. Everything looks to be in good shape, but obviously something is amiss. Unfortunately, the dealer is out of state, so I can't work back through them.
Let me know what y'all think!
Thanks,
- Steve