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    1998 johnson " 225 venom "

    225 runs great til you stop & fish , boat starts but dies when engaging in gear , revs fine in neutral , start it sometimes 30 or 40 times before it decides it wants to run in gear for me. boat is in shop right now , mechanic said 225 is notorious for burning up power packs , said that might...
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    99- 225 johnson ,

    motor runs great as soon as you put in lake, run down lake at 5000 rpm or whatever. stop & fish a little while , start boat to move & its like its running out of gas , after 10- 15 restarts it decides it wants to run & it runs great then. I left it running long enough to get truck & trailer...
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    idels at 1700 rpm, shows no water pressure

    98 - 225 johnson - runs fine but isn't 1700 rpm a lot high for ideling. should water pressure gauge show at least 5 lbs. . runs 15 lbs. when running down lake around 4000 rpm . boat will also run with safety kill switch completley removed. just bought boat & working out bugs. I also would like...
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    98- 225 johnson dieing when engauging gear

    just bought triton w/ 98 228 johnson , boat ran great , cranked up to come in , motor would start but die when put in gear , my wife noticed saftey lanard on kill switch was altered but not completley off ,reattached & we were on our way. Got to ramp ,went to get truck ( wife can't back trailer...
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