ggrdoghouse
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I have a 1996 150 hp Johnson fast strike V6 mod#J150GLEDB. I bought this boat very early spring of 2019 and it ran like a champ. I had it on the lake many times and it done great! One evening after fishing I was returning to the dock and it died. I was at full throttle and it was like it ran out of gas. I changed tanks with the valve, reprimed with the bulb and the engine would not take any throttle. Tried to reprime several times and the only thing I could get was an idle in gear. To make this short I will list what has been done to this point. The carbs were rebuilt just before I bought it, (My brother had it done) changed the priming bulb, changed all of the gas lines from tank to engine, checked down tubes in tank, screens where clear, changed fuel water filter, changed gaskets at sending units, VRO was disconnected so I replaced it with a fuel pump without VRO, changed needle valve and seat, replaced float, checked compression (was within tolerances), checked spark good, changed spark plugs (old ones where in good shape). I think that was it. That is not the order I did all of this! I mix the gas since the VRO disconnected. I would take the boat out after doing some of the repairs and it would do the same thing. After replacing the fuel pump I took it out and it ran good at idle and it would throttle up and right after planing out (about 30 seconds) it would start to die like it was running out of fuel. I would reprime it and it would do the same thing.
Can you help with this I don't have much hair left!
Greg
I have a 1996 150 hp Johnson fast strike V6 mod#J150GLEDB. I bought this boat very early spring of 2019 and it ran like a champ. I had it on the lake many times and it done great! One evening after fishing I was returning to the dock and it died. I was at full throttle and it was like it ran out of gas. I changed tanks with the valve, reprimed with the bulb and the engine would not take any throttle. Tried to reprime several times and the only thing I could get was an idle in gear. To make this short I will list what has been done to this point. The carbs were rebuilt just before I bought it, (My brother had it done) changed the priming bulb, changed all of the gas lines from tank to engine, checked down tubes in tank, screens where clear, changed fuel water filter, changed gaskets at sending units, VRO was disconnected so I replaced it with a fuel pump without VRO, changed needle valve and seat, replaced float, checked compression (was within tolerances), checked spark good, changed spark plugs (old ones where in good shape). I think that was it. That is not the order I did all of this! I mix the gas since the VRO disconnected. I would take the boat out after doing some of the repairs and it would do the same thing. After replacing the fuel pump I took it out and it ran good at idle and it would throttle up and right after planing out (about 30 seconds) it would start to die like it was running out of fuel. I would reprime it and it would do the same thing.
Can you help with this I don't have much hair left!
Greg