I think I've gotten that gunk when I idled in a barrel too long.
Is that what that motor calls for?
Unless you have a vintage Johnson, I would think you should be closer to 50:1 - That would be less ounces of oil per gallon than what you are mixing at 24:1. 24:1 seems like way too much oil per...
Every motor seems to be slightly different, but for mine I have to raise the throttle handle up about an inch and a half, and then just do a squirt when cranking. I don't hold or keep the key pushed in while cranking. But that's just mine.
Once the motor is warm, I don't have to push the key in...
Here she is running at 38mph, 5400 RPM WOT on a 1967 18-foot StarCraft Holiday with 3- 200 pound guys and our ice chest and gear.
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Near Astoria Oregon on the Skipanon River.
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I struggled with getting the trim correct. And you can see I was porpoising some at the end.
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I'm figuring out...
Everything and every search I've done says it's fine using as premix.
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"Evinrude XD100 is a premium synthetic 2-stroke oil designed primarily for Evinrude E-TEC and Evinrude Direct Injection (DI) outboard motors. It can also be used in older Evinrude/Johnson FICHT fuel-injection engines...
In another thread I posted that my timing was way too retarded.
I used the "Joe Reeves" method and set the timing at 23 degrees BTDC. It was somewhere around 18.
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I installed a tach and took it out today. WOT puts me at around 5300 rpm.
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I was a little worried that I grabbed the wrong can.
I've been using Pennzoil mineral 2-stroke oil, but I figured I'd try full synthetic with my new to me 1994 Johnson. It wasn't much different in color when mixed.
So I mixed one gallon of Full Synthetic and one gallon of the Pennzoil mineral.
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