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    Age of new powerhead

    I just had a remanufactured powerhead installed on my 89 200hp looper. The serial number plate on the bracket is gone. The number on the silver plug is: g2531853. I cannot find any matches for this number. Can anyone tell me what it was from?
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    Performance question for Johnson 200

    The motor is a 89 Johnson 200 J200xcea 02272209 on an 89 20.5 Wellcraft Steplift cuddy. The compression on it ranged from 75 to 90 when I had a carb fire and melted 3 carbs. It was replaced with a 225 carb of unknown year. It came with 72 jets, were replaced with 62 jets, and finally with...
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    carb fire

    The motor is a 1989 Johnson 200 hp Looper, J200TXCEA 02272209. I flooded the boat for the first time while idling out of the marina. .The tide was low and the motor was trimmed up quite a ways. When I started it, there was smoke, but that wasnt abnormal after flooding. We cruised for about...
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    Intermitent warning horn

    I have an 89 Johnson 200hp looper. After running the boat for 1.5-2hrs at 3500 to 5500 rpm, the warning horn will go off at 1-2 second intervals. I reduce the rpm by a couple of hundred rpm and it goes out. A few minutes later it may or may not go off again. As long as I stay at 3500 or...
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