1997 35 HP, 3 cyl Johnson runs great 4 min then cuts out

agreen12

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My 35 3 cyl Johnson will run 3-5 min at rpm around 2500 then it will cut out. It usually misses a cylender 10-20 sec before hand. At first I thought it was because the engine did get hot. I rebulit the water pump and now the engine no longer gets hot however it has not solved the cutting out issue. I replaced the Tstat also. I drained the gas and put fresh gas in. New spark plugs. I am getting the coils tested today and for the heck of it the power pack. I am lost for answers at this point other than the carborator. Also I put a Johnson brand oil in this year that is dark red in color. It is a oild injected engine could the oil have anything to do with it?
 

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Re: 1997 35 HP, 3 cyl Johnson runs great 4 min then cuts out

it is an oil mix system, not injected, sounds like the high speed jets are dirty, or you have an air leak in fuel line. vent open on fuel tank????
 

agreen12

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Re: 1997 35 HP, 3 cyl Johnson runs great 4 min then cuts out

Thank you, I replaced the gas line and cleaned all of the carborators including a good cleaning of the jets. It ran for a half an hour before I shut it down. Great advice, again thanks :cool:
 
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