'84 60hp Johnson, strong gas smell, running badly

doox00

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I have a 84 johnson 60hp motor, it is running very badly.. at first it starts up and runs okay for a couple minutes (not as responsive and powerful as it normally would be.. but semi smooth).. after a few minutes it starts to run very badly.. stalling alot if you give it gas, strong smell of gas, runs very rough, any ideas what to look at first?<br /><br />New gas line from tank (with new primer), fresh gas in the tank, I am running 50:1, this correct for this motor? someone mentioned running 32:1.<br /><br />thanks for any input.<br /><br />ohh, the good news.. caught 9 large mouth this morning! :)
 

jfm1

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Re: '84 60hp Johnson, strong gas smell, running badly

50:1 is correct check to see if you got spark on all plugs
 

doox00

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Re: '84 60hp Johnson, strong gas smell, running badly

had my dad come by and take a look at it, ended up being the hose that goes to the primer from one of the carbs was broke in half, replaced that and it runs like a champ now.
 
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