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2004 Johnson 150hp ignition problem

bajaretired

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After running at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes the engine started missing and running ruff. I put the engine in neutral and the rpms went down to 1000 and then the engine raced back up to about 3000 rpms. I shut the engine off and waited about 5 minutes before starting again. Everything seemed normal for about 3 minutes then the same thing happened. After the third try nothing. I had to be towed back to the launch ramp. When troubleshooting the problem I found that I was only getting one spark out of the top two cylinders and no spark out of the bottom 4.
--The stator resistance cks good.
--Both stator high voltage outputs are 165+ volts.
--It looks like the correct pulses from the optical sensor measured with o-scope.
--There is 11.5V on the yellow red wire to the power pack.
--And I've pulled the kill wire.
--The optical sensor wheel looks good -- no cracks or dirt.
--I replaced the power pack and have the same symptoms.

Anyone have any ideas????
 
Did you replace the optical eye sensor when you replaced the power pack? You may want to try that. They can give you the problem you have with the reving up in neurtal to 3000 rpm.
 
I should have also added the spark probs you have. Some times the sensors will check out ok but give you weird probs.
 
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