nosliw Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hey Raiders, I have a 2000 Johnson 50 hp and I recently switched over to XD-100 which solved my problem of my motor constantly stalling at the worse times. Also the motor sounded much healthier and ran a lot better. However, I had a lot of problems on cold start, it would take anything from 5-15 attempts to get it running from a cold start. But once it was running all was good, the motor ran great I don't think it ever stalled and I was really happy with it. Now I haven't started my boat in about month and I am still having a lot of trouble getting to it to start. But once I do get it started it cuts out within a few seconds. I am pumping the bulb and pushing the key in a few times to give it a shot of fuel and the motor will run for a few seconds(if i can get it started) and then cuts out. And all I see if a puff of smoke everytime this happends. Now I don't know too much about boats but it seems to me that the motor is being starved of fuel or possibly it's running to lean?!?! Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Or if there's anything else that I can do before I bring the boat back because I'm doing it tough at the moment and if I can get this solved myself that would be great. Thanks again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a boat Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hi, when starting from dead cold, only push the key in once, every time you push the key in it supply extra fuel and easy to flood the engine. The stalling will most likely be an easy mixture adjust and if you are confident just screw OUT the mixture scres about an 1/8 of a turn and that will help. Cheers, Huey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosliw Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) Hi, when starting from dead cold, only push the key in once, every time you push the key in it supply extra fuel and easy to flood the engine. The stalling will most likely be an easy mixture adjust and if you are confident just screw OUT the mixture scres about an 1/8 of a turn and that will help. Cheers, Huey. Thanks for the quick reply Huey, I just wanted to confirm is this the correct screw? Oh and by the way that dark oil was leaking from where the propellar is again. Is this an issue or is it just because I haven't started the motor in a while. Edited June 25, 2009 by nosliw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a boat Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hi, yes that is your mixture screw so just back out about a 1/8 to 1/4 turn and go for a hard run to get rid of any excess oil. Cheers, Huey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosliw Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks heaps Huey!!! Your a Legend!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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