Hi,
Recently purchased a 1989 GT 100 johnson. The guy I bought it from said he took the boat out to get it ready to sell and at 2500rpms the motor shut down. No alarms, no noises, just stopped. I am by no means a mechanic but he suggested trying a new power pack and or stator. I replaced both and it fired up. Sounded like it was misfiring. I turned it off and am unable to get it started again. After trying for several minutes I get a puddle of oil in the driveway coming from the prop area. I checked for spark and was only getting spark in the 2 left cylinders. I moved the spark plug wires and got the same results. I swapped the wires coming from the power pack to the coils (took the ones from the left and put on right side), which is odd because I had them the same way as the one i took off. Well once i did that, I had spark in all four cylinders. Doesn't seem to make sense. Nonetheless, it still doesn't start. Any help would be appreciated. Remember, I'm not a mechanic but I can swap parts and wires. Also, compression is good in all four cylinders. I am going to post 2 short videos and a picture of the oil puddle. Thanks
Recently purchased a 1989 GT 100 johnson. The guy I bought it from said he took the boat out to get it ready to sell and at 2500rpms the motor shut down. No alarms, no noises, just stopped. I am by no means a mechanic but he suggested trying a new power pack and or stator. I replaced both and it fired up. Sounded like it was misfiring. I turned it off and am unable to get it started again. After trying for several minutes I get a puddle of oil in the driveway coming from the prop area. I checked for spark and was only getting spark in the 2 left cylinders. I moved the spark plug wires and got the same results. I swapped the wires coming from the power pack to the coils (took the ones from the left and put on right side), which is odd because I had them the same way as the one i took off. Well once i did that, I had spark in all four cylinders. Doesn't seem to make sense. Nonetheless, it still doesn't start. Any help would be appreciated. Remember, I'm not a mechanic but I can swap parts and wires. Also, compression is good in all four cylinders. I am going to post 2 short videos and a picture of the oil puddle. Thanks
