Well seemed to find some good information on here from all the other posts, but none seemed to answer my problem. I have a 2000 90 HP Johnson 60 Degree Optical Outboard. Last season the engine started missing every once in a while anytime we ran over 3000 RPM's below that it runs fine and it seemed to not be burning all of the oil since we were getting quite a bit of excess around the lower unit. This season before heading out we did some standard maint on the outboard...... plugs, cleaning, etc. Took it out and same problem. It got progressively worse over the next few weeks. Until last weekend when it got real bad. We actually had to chug in from some 10 miles offshore. Now we can't get over 3000 RPM at all and is actually missing if we get around 2500 RPM's, but runs fine below that without a hitch. It jumps up and down once in a while like it will go up to 4500 RPM then bog down to 2500 RPM and all of a sudden jump up to 4500 RPM and take off before bogging right back down 2000 RPM, but we cant get the boat to run. After reading on the forum I tried disconnecting the SLOW which didn't work. Checked the carberator and everything looked good. It's still having a ton of excess oil making me think one or more cylinders are not firing all the time. I think I need to replace the powerpack or maybe the stator but not sure. Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated???????????????????????????????
