I got a '92 Cajun with a Johnson 115 V4... I've been having trouble getting it to idle until the other day. I finally got it idling, but when i would put it in gear it would die. After about 10 tries I finally got it in gear and running. I drove it for about 10 minutes, it drove great and the engine sounded good. I then shut it off, and I couldn't get it to start again, I had to troll all the way back to the dock.
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1. dirty carbs 2. dropped spark in one or more cylinders 3. fuel pump went bad, sending fuel into the pulsateing hose, or low fuel pressure 4. blew a head gasket 5. water in fuel or old/dirty fuel 6. kill switch pulled 7. overheated, burned up 8. bad primer bulb 9. vro died 10.spark plug fouled 11.wire came off trigger 12.bad stator 13.ran out of fuel This is just to name a few. good luck
Did you try to start it again later? Done any maintenance to it recently? It ran good before the other day? No other symptoms at all? Will it start now?
First, compression test. Second, spark test. Set your tester (couple bucks at car parts store) at 7/16" and look for a sharp blue spark.
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Originally Posted By: 'Hachie
I got a '92 Cajun with a Johnson 115 V4... I've been having trouble getting it to idle until the other day. I finally got it idling, but when i would put it in gear it would die. After about 10 tries I finally got it in gear and running. I drove it for about 10 minutes, it drove great and the engine sounded good. I then shut it off, and I couldn't get it to start again, I had to troll all the way back to the dock.
What do ya'll think is the cause of this?
Can you push in the choke while accelerating to overcome the problem? Dirty carbs or crud in the gas is my vote. At least that is a place to start.
91 Cajun, Johnson 115 
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