bishop1976
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2007
- Messages
- 93
I think I have the lower unit straightened out. For anyone who might read this the manual on the Johnson says the oil will look opaque if you drain it after you recently ran it. Within a few hours. This is caused by aeration.
Now my problem is I have a weird fuel leak and I need someone's help with a solution. You can see where the leak is coming from in the attatched picture. The motor doesn't leak any fuel until I pump the bulb to prime the motor. Even then I can give it four or five good squeezes before it gets firm (not tight like it is supposed to). After about the fifth squeeze I get fuel leaking out of the hole pictured. The motor runs fine, Idles good, no other issues other than this fuel appearing after squeezing the bulb six or seven times. I asked the local shop what they charge for a rebuild on these carbs and the $580.00 price was a little steep for me. I won't be going that route. Does anyone know what this hole is and why it would have fuel coming out of it?
Now my problem is I have a weird fuel leak and I need someone's help with a solution. You can see where the leak is coming from in the attatched picture. The motor doesn't leak any fuel until I pump the bulb to prime the motor. Even then I can give it four or five good squeezes before it gets firm (not tight like it is supposed to). After about the fifth squeeze I get fuel leaking out of the hole pictured. The motor runs fine, Idles good, no other issues other than this fuel appearing after squeezing the bulb six or seven times. I asked the local shop what they charge for a rebuild on these carbs and the $580.00 price was a little steep for me. I won't be going that route. Does anyone know what this hole is and why it would have fuel coming out of it?
