Re: 98' johnson 200 starting issues
I have a 99 225, had issues starting mine when I first bought it, came to learn real quick, these motors were a pain not like my yamaha that would start in under 5 sec after sitting for 6 months, there seems to be a certain method of starting these smokers, mine has been pump primer bulb solid, turn ignition to run, push and hold 10 sec, walk back prime bulb again, push and hold key for 10 more sec (the primer solinoid is not a pump I believe it works off the build up of pressure from the fuel pump or primer bulb so it's a one shot deal until primed again) anyway after the second prime,turn the key to start @ idle throttle for 2 sec to pull the primed fuel into the cylinders, then open throttle to 1/2,turn engine over till fires most of the time only 3-5 sec. this has been my method and it always seemed to work well up till recently, but it always to 2 primes to start her! fired my engine last Sat, ran her @ idle for about 15min shut her down attempted to start her again yesterday she would not fire went through 1 battery, pulled a couple of plugs blew them out she fire right up! I'm thinking the 15min Idle run the week prior and the 5 week sit time befor that, she never had the opertunity to clean/dry out her plugs on her own running at only 1kon the muffs, I premix my oil and she is dead on @ 50:1, which may be a little rich for a long idle run. But based on how these bad boys smoke on intial start, I thinking that the fuel may be compressed and atomized but not all the oil is being burnt out! so my thought on this is as for me would be to limit the runnning on Muffs, because you can't rev her high enough to clean her out, never really had much issue untill I started running her on the trailer! this may or may not help, but it's my 2 cents, and I feel your pain Brother!!!! these motors are raped apes when running out, but starting them takes a PhD @ times!
