Slow out of the hole?

[VultureNo2]

1993 Johnson GT200. I purchased it in the fall. I am a little disappointed with the slowness out of the hole. I do not think it is prop related. I was trying to pull a couple skiers out of the water on Saturday, and it was pretty slow going. Any advise of why it doesn't seem to have any power at startup? Once I get going, everything seems fine. also, idle is pretty rough. I have some new plugs to go in next weekend, but this seems like more than plugs to me. Any help would be appreciated. Bill

[77viper]

Try a spark plug change first.

What prop are you using?

[VultureNo2]

Thanks Chet. I bought some new plugs and didn't get a chance to put them in and test them. I will this weekend. I was running a 26 Chopper, but switched back to my Aluminum 14 1/2 x 23. It didn't seem to help at all. Bill

[varmint1]

May have a power pack going out

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[idvette]

Before I bought my 'Stream, I was looking at a 26' Baja with 2 of those motors on it. When the guy took me out he really took his time putting around before he brought it up on plane. When he finally did, he said "yeah, these motors don't seem to like to get out of the hole unless they're good and warm". Think there might be any truth to that? I don't have a temp guage on my Merc, so I don't really know how long it takes to get to "operating temperature", but I know my carbed corvette was picky....

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[jacklake2003]

Does the boat have water in it/wet? Also, different engines have vastly different horspower curves. I don't know about your particular model, but I have seen a lot of the smaller OMC motors be "dogs" until they get the revs up.

[VultureNo2]

Thanks for all the comments. It is a OMC Johnson GT200. I have owned a couple older OMC 200's and they all had great power off the blocks. I will start with some fresh plugs and post again after the weekend. I expect that will help, if not I was leaning towards some varnish in the jets. I was sitting on a skid for about a year b4 I bought it. I wanted to run it for a while with the existing plugs to get all the carbon out of it. I fogged it real good in the fall after only a couple times out. this spring, I wanted again, to run it a while b4 new plugs. I am hoping the plugs will help, but I will keep y'all posted. Bill