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Johnson 140 vro v4 water leak

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Hey guys I am new here and I am hoping you can help. I am in the process of restoring a 1989 Hydra Sports X270 bass boat. I have been working on the engine and have it running great. However I have a water leak in my Johnson VRO 140 from behind the throttle plate. There is a rubber insert held in to what appears to be some kind of water manifold by a slide through metal bracket, that in turn is held in by the throttle bracket. Well it is leaking from around that rubber insert. I have spent many hours on line trying to find info about where to get the parts or what to do to fix the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a pic of the area that is leaking but don't know how to post it since photobucket stopped hosting images. Thanks in advance.
 
I think they did away with that water control valve.----Forget online searching.------Find a dealer with info and perhaps a kit to do away with it.
 
There was no kit that I am aware of. We did come up with a field fix for the Power Boost Cooling System. It was troublesome to keep the engine up to thermostat temp at idle. It is not a hard repair, but involved. It takes parts from a 1986 3 cylinder motor. If you would like a list (by part number) I can supply one? You use your thermostats (they are serviceable) & a lot of your hoses if they are still in good shape?
 
That would be great t2stroke, I would really appreciate that. The motor runs great and I don't want to chance damaging it because of a water leak. Thanks a lot for the info and the help.
 
Just wrote the whole thing & couldn't post it. Timed out. Checking to see how I can avoid that before I type it all again. Hang on.

Dan in TN
 
t2stroke said:
Just wrote the whole thing & couldn't post it. Timed out. Checking to see how I can avoid that before I type it all again. Hang on. Dan in TN
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When faced with typing an unusual long post... do it in one of your editors, then when you have it corrected if needed, simply do a copy/paste procedure. Bing Bing... you're done. That timing out business (ugh!)
 
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