hard starting honda 90

Rollie-

I can't tell you why it won't allow you to post photos, but I had the same problem, and found a solution in changing browsers from Safari to Firefox.

You might try the posting mode in a different browser than you were using, like I switched above.

I don't know which browser you're using, but try using a different one and see what you get!

Good Luck!

Joe. :teeth :thup




C-batical":v1isrlx3 said:
Larry,

I tried to post but got the following error message. I have posted for 4 years with no problems, until now. I don't know what has changed and I am too tired to deal with it. I will deal with it later

Sorry .

Best regards,
Rollie


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BlackNorth":2t0kiynd said:
I spent three frustrating years with a new hard starting Honda 75. I was unhappy from the day I got it and learned it had carbs instead of fuel injection. It started hard winter or summer, and only started easily when warm. I heard from many others of similar frustration.

I solved the problem this spring by getting a new Honda 90 WITH fuel injection. What a huge difference! It starts very easy, runs smooth, has more power, AND gets better fuel economy. I went from 4.5 mph to a max of 6.5 mpg. Honda got it right.

So, best I can say is use it up and replace it.

Dave
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With only about 40 hours on my 06 carbonated Honda 90 it’s a tuff sell to replace it with a fuel injected one; I don’t understand why Honda was so behind the curve bringing fuel injection online.
Just like aircraft engines, marine engines really on decades of proven technology and reliability, so perhaps that why Honda held back so long.
Indeed my 90 is hard starting in cold weather (near 0c), and it takes about 10 minutes before I can place the throat to idle.
 
hey you guys are missing some thing here with the honda 90 or I missed reading it. the lever on the throttle is not a choke, its a high idle lever. It only increases the throttle and has nothing to do with the choke. there is a manual choke on the motor and a auto choke on key switch. You have to push in the key while you turn it key in order to engage the choke. I never use the choke on the motor its self only the auto choke when I start the motor. I also use about a 3rd to half on the HIGH IDLE lever to start and after the motor starts the rpms will come up and you can quickly lower the high idle throttle. honda 90 are cold blooded as are most carburetted motors. I hope this helps.
 
Wow, you learn something new every day. Thanks Thomas. I never knew there was a choke actuator on the control box. I always used the choke knob on the engine, and then had to dance between the helm and the engine after it started.

Mike
 
Your welcome. Most folks dont know that. I have watched many folks start motors with the high idle thinking its a choke or running back and forth like you. I'm not a motor head but i like to know how its suppost to work. To many folks just do it "the dad did" and dont read the book that comes with the engine. Well dad may not have know what he was doing.
 
There is another thing, which runs against conventional wisdom, but is right there in black and white in my Johnson 40 manual. It says "To avoid...hard starting..DO NOT stop the engine by running it out of fuel." The recommendation is to use fuel stabilizer, and leave the system filled with stabilized gas. I have been doing this, and the hard starting (which a few of you witnessed at Everett on the Snohomish River cruise) has gone away. So maybe, if you have been running your carb'ed engines out of gas to avoid varnish build-up, that is contributing to the hard starting...
 
Honda 90 Hard starting, I have been doing like Thomas said Choke when starting then I bump the key in a few times to choke a little more then it is running then and pull the lever back to about 1200rpm then after a couple of min. it is ready to go. I did this with my old Honda 75 for several years it worked great. This does not bother me I have had fords carb. engines for years and some of the Old ones you had to work with the choke a little, to keep it running
Jim
 
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