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    Barnacles again and again.

    What am I doing wrong? I slip my boat in the upper Delaware Bay. I am up a creek in very shallow water at low tide. I use my boat at least once a week. It was painted before I put it in at the end of April. Two months later was covered with barnacles . I pulled it and had it power washed and...
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    Reverse a prop pitch change?

    A friend gave me a prop that fit his johnson 150 . He had it turned from a 15 x17 to a 15x15. Can i have it turned back for my johnson 150?
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    motor stalls , no spark

    I have a 1996 150 horse power Johnson ocean runner. Twice at the end of last year when the weather got cold my motor started fine and warmed up . On the way out within a few hundred yards the motor stalls and I lose spark. After messing with the controls and plugs and wires it started back up...
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    1988 30 hp Evinrude slipping under load?

    My motor just started slipping when I run into the tide at high speed or with 2 people in boat. By slipping I mean it revs high but I loose power. It also seems to make more of a banging noise in reverse. I marked the prop and I don't think it is slipping. Is it in the lower unit? What should I...
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    Sould have cleaned hull first?

    Have a 20' seaway with a 150 johnson. Boat stays in water. I was only getting 4800 wot with a 15'd-15'p prop. I had some props layin around so I put on a 15d 13p and i got 5200 but lost a lot of speed and it didn't sound or feel right. I noticed the bottom was dirty and had some barnacles. I...
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    prop help?

    I have a 20' Seaway cuddy cabin with a 150 h.p. Johnson Ocean Runner. At wot i was only getting 4800 rpm's. At 4000 rpm's i was going about 24 mph. Not sure what the pitch of the prop was but I had it turned down to a 13 pitch. Now I'm getting 5200 rpm's at wot. At 4000 rpm's I only get about 19...
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    30 hp evinrude hard start in water

    I have a 1987 30 hp evinrude pull start motor. I can start it out of water for a second after about 5 pulls and then it will start in the water but if i don't do this first it is very hard to start . I know this is bad for the water pump. The carb was rebuilt in the fall but it is no better...
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    Johnson 150 Ocean Runner no oil alarm

    My no oil alarm occasionally goes off after running for a while at low idle.It occurs both at start up and when docking after a hard run.Any thoughts?
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