Hey all, first poster here. Im from Australia and this 82model savage lancer 530 with a Johnson v4 seahorse 90hp is my first boat. Since becoming her new owner I've noticed a few things.
1/ starts first go every time, but; when I head out I usually put the hose on it in the morning and warm it up for a min or so before I go. When I get to the ramp and launch, it runs straight up. But, when I haven't done this I've had to really run the fast idle through her for a min or so in the water to get it to get up and running. I can just kick it over and stroll off slowly or it may die.
2/ I can stop and start her as normal when kicking aroundthe lake, but the last time I done it, it would kick over and stop. So I managed to kick it over and quickly throw the throttle tab from fast idlers run and get in gear to motor off.
3/ thirdly and it's happened once only, it surged in speed when travelling then over compensated and spiked in speed. Almost like a fuel block then it then just dumped it all at once?!?
These maybe all the norm for two stoke relics like this.....I was advised that it may be a fuel pump. Is there a way I can check or replace it to see???
Any feed back to help, or similar stories or a how to would be great to read.
Also can anyone point me into the right direction is possible to a 1982 v4 seahorse 90hp manual online?!? Can find some 1981 and 1986 ones on eBay but can anybody verify if this includes my specific motor?
Thanks, Luke
1/ starts first go every time, but; when I head out I usually put the hose on it in the morning and warm it up for a min or so before I go. When I get to the ramp and launch, it runs straight up. But, when I haven't done this I've had to really run the fast idle through her for a min or so in the water to get it to get up and running. I can just kick it over and stroll off slowly or it may die.
2/ I can stop and start her as normal when kicking aroundthe lake, but the last time I done it, it would kick over and stop. So I managed to kick it over and quickly throw the throttle tab from fast idlers run and get in gear to motor off.
3/ thirdly and it's happened once only, it surged in speed when travelling then over compensated and spiked in speed. Almost like a fuel block then it then just dumped it all at once?!?
These maybe all the norm for two stoke relics like this.....I was advised that it may be a fuel pump. Is there a way I can check or replace it to see???
Any feed back to help, or similar stories or a how to would be great to read.
Also can anyone point me into the right direction is possible to a 1982 v4 seahorse 90hp manual online?!? Can find some 1981 and 1986 ones on eBay but can anybody verify if this includes my specific motor?
Thanks, Luke