1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

[shamu25]

My 1986 Johnson 225 hp has been starting hard. It has always loved lots of choke but last year mid summer in Michigan it started with lots of smoke. Local repair place put in a new VRO pump last week as they told me that it was injecting lots of oil at startup. I got it back and it still starts hard but does not smoke at it did before the new VRO installed. I cannot tell if it floods out or is too lean. It does fire but bendix on the starter kicks out each time it fires so it won't keep cranking. Seems to take forever to get it going. Once started and warmed up it has and does run beautifully.
Spoke with a guy near Pittsburg, PA who rebuilds motors. He said that this vintage of Johson 225's have always been hard starters.
Any thoughts?
Ray

 

[jonesg]

Re: 1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

When my 150 does that , pops once and throws the starter out, its usually flooded.

To clear it out, I pull the binacle out of gear and open the throttle halfway, start it and reduce the throttle as soon as it fires up.

Now it has the new vro, you might be flooding it. Try different starting/choke proceedures. Thats assuming everything is okydoky regarding ignition.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=225510

 

[shamu25]

Re: 1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

Thank you gentlemen. I will take these tips to the boat in the back yard and give you and update soon.
Ray

 

[shamu25]

Re: 1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

I was apparently flooding it. Started right up today...hasn't done that in years.. For the past 10 years I've had to choke it to death just to get it started and keep it running until it was warmed up. Guess I'll have to modify my start up procedure. Thanks for your help.
Ray

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: 1986 225 Johnson Hard Starting

human error, is the cause 99% of the time.