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1983 Johnson 15hp fuel problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="JMichael" data-source="post: 348179" data-attributes="member: 7544"><p>The only step that I can think of that you might have omitted would be to purge the fuel system of any old gas. If your friend that had the motor ran it last fall, that means it had fuel in the system since all the work was done on it. If the plugs were wet because of some old fuel, that may have been your only problem. Make sure you've got good fresh fuel in the carb and give it another try at starting. If you can get it started by squirting a little fuel mix in the carb throat, just do that a few times and that should have fresh fuel pulled up to the carb by then.</p><p></p><p>If it doesn't fill the carb bowl on it's own when you squirt fuel in it, you may have an air leak in the fuel system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMichael, post: 348179, member: 7544"] The only step that I can think of that you might have omitted would be to purge the fuel system of any old gas. If your friend that had the motor ran it last fall, that means it had fuel in the system since all the work was done on it. If the plugs were wet because of some old fuel, that may have been your only problem. Make sure you've got good fresh fuel in the carb and give it another try at starting. If you can get it started by squirting a little fuel mix in the carb throat, just do that a few times and that should have fresh fuel pulled up to the carb by then. If it doesn't fill the carb bowl on it's own when you squirt fuel in it, you may have an air leak in the fuel system. [/QUOTE]
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