I have a johnson 175 outboard motor that chokes and dies when in gear?
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I have a 1978 johnson outboard motor that starts fine and idle's good but when i put it in gear it goes o.k. but when i give it more gas it dies.when i am in neutral and gives it gas it is a little slugish but will catch and go but not in gear.When in reverse it will go fine if i ease into it .
sounds like gummy carb.has it sat for over 3 months with gas in the carb? if so clean out the bowl and clear the jets.check tell tale valve to be sure its pumping water to the heads.
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its kind of like the problems with the johnson 175 on this website
I have a johnson 140 and it runs fine in my driveway but it wont run when i take out on a lake. but when i keep pushing the key in and out it runs that sends more gas through tho motor. But it also runs good in reverse in the water. What do i do??? jeffreymcvay@yahoo.com
Sounds like a carb clean to me, if you have a choke/enrichener, utilize it. If the motor does better, it's running lean and you may have a restriction and your motor needs to receive more fuel. Easiest way to check. Now if you said it dies when you put it in gear, it could have just need the idle speed screw adjusted to raise the rpms to proper spec, when the prop spins, you receive your load, and if your rpms are too low, your enging will most likely die, or struggle then die.
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yeah, maybe needs carbs. cleaned and synchroed. check for fire on all 6. also do a compression check. you need 100# on all with less than 12# between any two.
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There is 6 brass hex head 7/16 plugs on the side of the carb remove an spray gumout carb cleaner inside. Run in fuel also.That should that care of your problem???
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sounds like gummy carb.has it sat for over 3 months with gas in the carb? if so clean out the bowl and clear the jets.check tell tale valve to be sure its pumping water to the heads.
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