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    1988 Johnson 15 won’t stay running….

    I’m curious as to the terms you’ve never heard of because I’m using the terms that come straight off the diagrams.
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    Milky oil

    So I have a 19 8815 horse Johnson and I just went through it got all the hoses changed new gaskets and what not got a run in tuned and I thought to myself. I better check this gear oil I go to dump it out man was it milky anybody know if this linkage fraud is supposed to be exposed and or is...
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    1988 Johnson 15 won’t stay running….

    So after work today, I got home. It was the roller knob on the carb. It was screwed in too much, unscrewed that started right up stayed started and then I just had to adjust with the low idle needle.
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    1988 Johnson 15 won’t stay running….

    The carburetor got ruined. In the brass plate, a screw stripped out and couldn’t be easy outed. As for the fuel pump, I probably should’ve rebuilt it. I just bought a new one, but I also have seals coming for the old one just to have an extra. compression is good in 120 and 110 in each. I...
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    1988 Johnson 15 won’t stay running….

    So I just came across a 1988 15 hp Johnson outboard and I know it started and ran before I got it. I put a whole new fuel pump on it. Brand new carburetor on it and redid the wires. It’ll start up from the battery and the push start, but it will not stay running it revs up really high. I can...
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