I have a Johnson 8 HP 2-cycle outboard engine on an aging Sears aluminum boat. I'm really the only one in the family that uses the boat, and I'm only in the area (on Lake Winnipesaukee) for a few weeks in the summer. Last summer, after I had been using the boat just fine for a couple weeks, I took it out one day and as I brought it in to dock, the motor died. We took the motor to get serviced at a local marina, and they told us that they fixed the issue, but when we mounted it back onto the boat, the motor continued to die. We gave it to them to work on over the winter, and the mechanics at the marina rebuilt the carburetor (is that the right spelling?) and replaced the gas tank and fuel line. Afterwards, as in, this summer, the motor worked excellent, better than ever before. It's been working since the beginning of the summer, but after I filled up the gas tank today, I was about to take it downtown, and as I pulled away from the dock the motor died. Any ideas on the cause? Thanks!
2007-07-22
10:32:46
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