Hey all, just bought the boat this year so I'm still getting used to it's quirks, but something is not right here.
1997 Stratos DC2100 with a 1997 Johnson Ocean Pro 200 - Pretty sure prop is 19 pitch, 14" (apologies I will verify next time I'm down on the water)
I'm having hit or miss idle issues that I'm working through - where it's tough to keep it idling, or when shifting in gear it stalls. It's on and off but the boat sat for 3 years before I bought it (was serviced though) and I'm thinking that may be part of the issue.
Main issue is that WOT is very low from what I've read. It's around 4200 rpm. I'm wondering where to start to troubleshoot this. Checking plugs? Timing? Obviously I want to check the easy stuff before I go and start swapping out props, because this prop seems to be in line with what came on the boat. Any other items that I'm overlooking?
The boat has a manual jack plate which was way up when I bought it, but because it was so far up it had some cavitation and poor handling so I lowered it all the way down to where it would be without a jackplate. WOT did not change after lowering the jack plate but handling (turning the boat) and riding on plane is now much better.
1997 Stratos DC2100 with a 1997 Johnson Ocean Pro 200 - Pretty sure prop is 19 pitch, 14" (apologies I will verify next time I'm down on the water)
I'm having hit or miss idle issues that I'm working through - where it's tough to keep it idling, or when shifting in gear it stalls. It's on and off but the boat sat for 3 years before I bought it (was serviced though) and I'm thinking that may be part of the issue.
Main issue is that WOT is very low from what I've read. It's around 4200 rpm. I'm wondering where to start to troubleshoot this. Checking plugs? Timing? Obviously I want to check the easy stuff before I go and start swapping out props, because this prop seems to be in line with what came on the boat. Any other items that I'm overlooking?
The boat has a manual jack plate which was way up when I bought it, but because it was so far up it had some cavitation and poor handling so I lowered it all the way down to where it would be without a jackplate. WOT did not change after lowering the jack plate but handling (turning the boat) and riding on plane is now much better.