upstart
22-04-2013, 08:30 PM
Hi Everyone,
A mate is having some problems starting his motor. It's an 80s vintage Johnson 70hp 2 Stroke. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be? Thanks heaps in advance!
"Ok so the motor is a Johnson 70hp 2 stroke. On a cold start up the engine cranks slowly 3 or 4 times then speeds up and fires. After running out to an anchor spot and sitting for an hour or two it cranks quickly on the key but struggles to fire, sometimes causing flooding. It has a manual choke and I dont engage the choke unless it's the first start of the day. The battery is fully charged and holding charge fine. The spark plugs have just been changed, but the issue still happened on the old ones so I don't think it will be the spark gap."
A mate is having some problems starting his motor. It's an 80s vintage Johnson 70hp 2 Stroke. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be? Thanks heaps in advance!
"Ok so the motor is a Johnson 70hp 2 stroke. On a cold start up the engine cranks slowly 3 or 4 times then speeds up and fires. After running out to an anchor spot and sitting for an hour or two it cranks quickly on the key but struggles to fire, sometimes causing flooding. It has a manual choke and I dont engage the choke unless it's the first start of the day. The battery is fully charged and holding charge fine. The spark plugs have just been changed, but the issue still happened on the old ones so I don't think it will be the spark gap."