Hello Everybody,
As the title of the post said, i got a johnson 88 SPL 1992 on my boat,
I ran into a little issue recently im just curious the see if anyone had experience something like that already
So before Starting just want to mention that the boat as been serviced this winter and the compression is good
When i got out on the water for the first time this year i was fishing for bottom fish for 2-3 hours already (so positioning over nice structure , let my boat drift and once pass the structure restarting the engine repositionning and do it again....) after 2 hours the boat didnt want to start at all .....so i had paddle to a safe spot (im in the pacific ocean)
that was very hard to go straight with the engine in the water so i tilt it up and after 1hour i was exhausted to paddle so i tilt the engine back in the water and it start like a charm and i when to the marina with it......i started to investiate and the only thing a could found at the time was my battery voltage low .....so i change the battery and never had issue with the boat until tonight .......pretty much same story happen again tonight (i probably went out 10 time with the boat since it happen for the first time whitout any issues and i got a brand new battery the voltage is perfect on it) so i try to start the engine several time without success until i give up (1 hour approx) so i tilt up the engine and start paddleling to a safe spot.....on sure thing when i got to that safe spot i tilt the engine back to the water and he fired up first try and ran very well for the whole night.....so i wonder what could cause me that probleme and why the action of tilting up the engine seem to get it fixed....??
Thanks a lot for your help
Gabriel
As the title of the post said, i got a johnson 88 SPL 1992 on my boat,
I ran into a little issue recently im just curious the see if anyone had experience something like that already
So before Starting just want to mention that the boat as been serviced this winter and the compression is good
When i got out on the water for the first time this year i was fishing for bottom fish for 2-3 hours already (so positioning over nice structure , let my boat drift and once pass the structure restarting the engine repositionning and do it again....) after 2 hours the boat didnt want to start at all .....so i had paddle to a safe spot (im in the pacific ocean)
that was very hard to go straight with the engine in the water so i tilt it up and after 1hour i was exhausted to paddle so i tilt the engine back in the water and it start like a charm and i when to the marina with it......i started to investiate and the only thing a could found at the time was my battery voltage low .....so i change the battery and never had issue with the boat until tonight .......pretty much same story happen again tonight (i probably went out 10 time with the boat since it happen for the first time whitout any issues and i got a brand new battery the voltage is perfect on it) so i try to start the engine several time without success until i give up (1 hour approx) so i tilt up the engine and start paddleling to a safe spot.....on sure thing when i got to that safe spot i tilt the engine back to the water and he fired up first try and ran very well for the whole night.....so i wonder what could cause me that probleme and why the action of tilting up the engine seem to get it fixed....??
Thanks a lot for your help
Gabriel
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