PRE-SEASON SERVICE
Battery — Charge fully and install. Refer to Bat-
tery.
Remove your outboard from storage and prepare it
for a season of reliable service by performing a gen-
eral check and a few preventive maintenance pro-
cedures.
Examine all loosened or removed hardware and
any steering, throttle, and shift systems. Replace
damaged or missing parts with Evinrude/Johnson
Genuine Parts or equivalent.
WARNING
Do not use a booster battery and jumper
cables to start the engine. Fumes vented
can cause explosion and fire, resulting in
property damage, serious injury, or death.
WARNING
Refer to Engine Monitoring and review your en-
gine’s warning system self-test routine. During your
preseason start-up, make sure the warning system
self-tests properly. If it does not, see your DEALER.
Follow Engine Starting and start the engine. Let it
idle while you:
Failure to carefully reattach the outboard
and its control systems with factory-speci-
fied hardware can result in sudden, unex-
pected loss of boat control.
Observe running quality – if poor, refer to Trouble
Check Chart or see your DEALER.
Oil system — Check for evidence of water in the
Observe water pump operation. Water must flow
from the water pump indicator in a steady stream. If
oil tank. If present, see your DEALER. If no water is
evident, top off the oil tank. Refer to Fuel and Oil, it does not, shut OFF the engine and investigate.
Oil System.
Refer to Engine Overheating.
Disconnected oil hoses — Follow the directions Stop the engine and check the fuel system for
in Fuel and Oil, Oil System, to reinstall the hoses
and reestablish oil flow.
leaks.
Undisturbed oil hoses — If the oil hoses were
left connected, no special attention to the oil system
is required.
With the propeller removed, check the gearcase for
leakage. If leakage is evident, the gearcase seals
should be replaced. See your DEALER.
WARNING
Failure to check for fuel leakage could allow
a leak to go undetected, resulting in fire or
explosion.
Anticorrosion anodes — Check condition. Refer
to Anticorrosion Anodes.
Install the propeller unless you will run the engine
on a flusher for your pre-season servicing. If so, in-
stall the propeller after you shut OFF the engine
and disconnect the flusher. Refer to Flushing.
Refer to Propeller to install the propeller.
WARNING
Prevent injury from contact with rotating
propeller; remove the propeller before
flushing.
Top off fuel tank with fresh fuel.
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| Categories | BRP Brand Manuals, Johnson 2-Stroke Manuals, Johnson Brand Manuals, Johnson Outboard Manuals |
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| Tags | Johnson 40 hp, Johnson 50 hp, Johnson PL |
| Model Year | 2004 |
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