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    225 idles fine then rev on its own

    I have a 1988 Johnson 225. Starts up fine and will idle properly on the muffs. Then after a few minutes it will rev up to 1500 RPMs without any change to the throttle and will stay there. Fuel is fresh, filter is new. I recently removed and cleaned jets on the carburetor. Any ideas?<br />I...
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    Starter grinding noise Johnson 225

    My starter seems to be working fine, but it makes a LOUD grinding-like noise whenever I use it. Not sure if I need to worry about it, but I decided to clean and lube the bendix as suggested in another post. For this starter I decided to remove the starter and remove the "bendix cover". There...
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    transom question (wellcraft 230)

    I just bought a 1988 wellcraft 230 with 225HP outboard. Didn't seem to have any transom problems, but I started reading the posts and have a question. I have a hairline crack (<1/16") about where the deck meets the transom. Crosses about 3/4 of the width. Seems like it is probably just...
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