Grasshoppa wrote: If your motor is still running the oil injection DO NOT run it out of fuel, the carbs will run out of petrol sure enough, but your oil circuit will still be pumping oil, Johnson/Evinrudes mix fuel/oil pre carb, soo you will effectively run the carb out of petrol and fill with oil, this is guaranteed to give you starting issues next time you use it When cranking the motor, are you holding the key in for choke while cranking or just giving it the occasional 'pump'? You should be holding it in and releasing once engine fires |
nigelp wrote:
Yeah it is still running the VRO oil injection system - didnt think about the still pumping oil part. I didnt know about the choke - dealer never mentioned it when we got it! So you hold the key in while starting it or before starting it? Thanks for the info! |
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