djchris
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I have a 1989 johnson 25 hp remote steer outboar.....i just picked it up from the mechanic after paying almost 1300 dollars and the **** thing still don't run right....here is what was done....new upper crank seal, case gasket, base gasket, impeller, rebuilt carb.
I picked it up last thursday and the thing wouldn't idle let alone run at anything except wot. took it back to the mechanic and he pulled the carb apart and found a piece of debris somewhere in the carb...said he didn't know where it came from but he knows it wasn't there when he put the carb back together the first time.....any ways he recleaned the carb and put another new base gasket in because he said it looked like it might have pushed out a bit. he calls me yesterday and tells me that everything is good now and that i can pick it up......
I take it to the lake and it started easily and idle great! left the dock and went wot and the thing wouldnt get on plane. so i stopped and lowered my pin and it seemed to do ok after that but than at wot the engine started surging like it was running out of fuel than catching back up and than running out of fuel again. now the thing wouldn't seem to idle very well but would some what stay running....i noticed if i throttled up the motor in neutral and held my hand in front of the carb it would smooth out and run ok....restricting air flow.....i brought it home and ran it on the hose and same thing...doesn't want to idle unless i have screw on the carb turned about 3.5 turns out and than it still isn't smooth. i pulled a fuel pump off my other engine and didn't affect it at all.....
does anyone have any idea what could be going on.....i don't really want to take it back to this guy he has had my boat for a total of about 3 months and though it does run better than it did when i took it too him it's still not right...had to take it back to him 3 times already.....
I picked it up last thursday and the thing wouldn't idle let alone run at anything except wot. took it back to the mechanic and he pulled the carb apart and found a piece of debris somewhere in the carb...said he didn't know where it came from but he knows it wasn't there when he put the carb back together the first time.....any ways he recleaned the carb and put another new base gasket in because he said it looked like it might have pushed out a bit. he calls me yesterday and tells me that everything is good now and that i can pick it up......
I take it to the lake and it started easily and idle great! left the dock and went wot and the thing wouldnt get on plane. so i stopped and lowered my pin and it seemed to do ok after that but than at wot the engine started surging like it was running out of fuel than catching back up and than running out of fuel again. now the thing wouldn't seem to idle very well but would some what stay running....i noticed if i throttled up the motor in neutral and held my hand in front of the carb it would smooth out and run ok....restricting air flow.....i brought it home and ran it on the hose and same thing...doesn't want to idle unless i have screw on the carb turned about 3.5 turns out and than it still isn't smooth. i pulled a fuel pump off my other engine and didn't affect it at all.....
does anyone have any idea what could be going on.....i don't really want to take it back to this guy he has had my boat for a total of about 3 months and though it does run better than it did when i took it too him it's still not right...had to take it back to him 3 times already.....