I have a 1996 Johnson Fast Strike 150 HP mod #J150GLEVE. I am have an issue after cold start and I believe it is a flooding issue but I will let y’all decide. After performing the normal cold start procedure on the motor and backing it off the trailer I will let the motor idle while parking truck or etc. Sometimes the motor will be dead when I return to the boat or sometimes I can be idling away from the launch and it will die, not spit and sputter out, it will just die like you hit the kill switch. You can smell gas coming from the motor. Once trying to start the motor again for a while it will crank back up and run the rest of the day without one single issue. It is only on the initial start up that it does this. I rebuilt all 6 carbs in the past 6 months and motor continues to do the same thing. Primer solenoid seems to be clicking but I was kind of leaning toward it maybe leaking more than enough fuel by on the initial start because once the motor is warm I do not have to use the choke the rest of the day. Any ideas?
thanks