150HP Johnson

[adamcannon]

I did run the motor dry after I started it. If you think I should run some gas though it with stabil I could do that. I have read that I will need to make that a regular practice with the crap gas we are getting now. Thanks

[Bushwacker]

It should be fine if you ran the carbs dry. Don't know how accessable they are on your motor, but the old V-4's also had drain plugs on the carb float bowls that were fairly easy to get to, so that's another option to make sure they're dry. Fogging the motor or spraying some fogging oil through the spark plug holes is also a good idea though. Ditto on using fuel stabilizer for normal use!

[adamcannon]

Thanks Bushwacker. I will coat the piston cylinders and I think the carbs do have drain plugs on the bowls. I will check it out. Thanks again.

Adam

[gofastsandman]

Get a turkey baster and suck the bottom layer of oil/water/crud from the oil tank. Lose the sock too and do this once a year.You must also run Champion supression plugs. Absolutely no substitutons. I don`t like it either.

Cheers and that`s a good motor,
GFS

[adamcannon]

Thanks for the reply. I am going to try and keep everything up to date and serviced. Im sure if I do that this motor should last me a good long time.

One other thing about the wire that comes off of the oil tank. If Im not mistaken it has a oval shaped two prong plug on the end. There is a match for it coming off the control box and also with an alarm buzzer. I didnt know if if it hooks to the control box or the individual buzzer. I think it is just a sensor wire to tell you if the oil is low. Thanks,

Adam

[Snookerd]

great power and weight for an 18SF

[eggsuckindog]

Just a thought, the rubber diaphrams and seals do not like to sit dry, how about filling the carbs and fuel system with a stabil treated gas. When you are ready just pull the bowl drains and pump some fresh gas through the fuel pump and carbs - thats what I'd do. Not sure which is worse, leaving them dry or dealing with this gas, so thats a solution anyway.

[adamcannon]

That might be a good idea. I already noticed that there is a gas leak. I can see it is coming from around one of the gaskets. I hope theres not too much damage from sitting too long. I am going to wait until I mount it on the boat to take it to get serviced. I have got the new stern laminated in and we are going to glass it in this week. The rebuild should start flowing now. I will start a thread in the repairs/mods forum with some pics of the progress.